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| [[Image:cain.jpg|thumb|right|Hero of the Imperium]] Ciaphas Cain, the Hero of the Imperium, is a hugely popular series of 40k novels by author Alex Stewart, under the psuedonym of Sandy Mitchell. Cain is a famous [[Commissar]].
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| ==Main Idea==
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| George MacDonald Fraser's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Paget_Flashman The Flashman Papers] transplanted into the [[41st Millennium]].
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| Whilst the books are quite well-written, Sandy Mitchell is a big fan of recycling- even down to specific sentences. Hence each book *is guaranteed* to feature exactly the same descriptions of his aide Jurgen as all the others, and each contains about half a dozen variations on the theme of "Of course, if I knew what I was getting myself into by doing X, I'd have rather charged into the Eye of Terror with nothing but a rusty fork".
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| They are also notable for the Jurgen Ex Machina, where most of the dramatic fights are ended by the intervention of Cain's aide Jurgen armed with a meltagun. Over the course of the series, Jurgen has racked up more kills than the rest of the Valhallan 597th put together, but has yet to have any character development whatsoever.
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| ==Cain Books and Collected Short Stories==
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| *Caves of Ice
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| *Death or Glory
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| *Duty Calls
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| *For the Emperor!
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| *Hero of the Imperium
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| *The Traitor's Hand
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| *Cain's Last Stand
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| [[Category:Imperial]][[Category:Warhammer40K]]
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