Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus)

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Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium
Cover art
Author	Sandy Mitchell[1]
Publisher	Black Library
Series	Ciaphas Cain
Followed by	Ciaphas Cain: Saviour of the Imperium (Omnibus)
Released	2010[2]
Pages	768 (Paperback 2010)[2]
ISBN	ISBN-10: 1844168832 (Paperback 2010)[2] ISBN-13: 978-1844168835 (Paperback 2010)[2] ISBN-10: 1785721127 (Paperback 2015)[4] ISBN-13: 978-1785721120 (Paperback 2015)[4]
Editions	Paperback (2010)[2] Paperback (2015)[4]

Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium is an anthology published in the Ciaphas Cain Series. ^[1]

Cover Description^[1]

The legendary Commissar Ciaphas Cain, lauded as one of the great heroes of the Imperium, finds himself thrust onto the battlefield again. Cain wants nothing more than to keep out of trouble and get to the other side of his commission in one piece, but the war-torn 41st millennium has other ideas. Confronted with the powers of Chaos and hordes of alien foes, our intrepid commissar seeks to sidestep danger and talk his way out of trouble. Yet each time he survives his legend only grows, and his life is in ever-greater jeopardy...

Contents^[3]

• Sector Thirteen (Short Story)^{[Note 1]}
• Death or Glory (Novel)
• Duty Calls (Novel)
• Traitor's Gambit (Short Story)
• Cain's Last Stand (Novel)

Trivia

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Notes

• Note 1: The Black Library webstore page for Defender of the Imperium does not list Sector Thirteen in the contents.^[1] Nonetheless it is included in the actual omnibus.^[3]

See also

• List of Anthologies

Sources

• 1: Black Library: Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (saved archive page, dated 30 September 2020, last accessed 04 February 2025, original link: https://www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000/novels/ciaphis-cain-defender-of-the-imperium-ebook-2019.html)
• 2: Amazon: Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (saved archive page, dated 19 July 2015, last accessed 04 February 2025, original link: https://www.amazon.com/Ciaphas-Cain-Defender-Sandy-Mitchell/dp/1844168832)
• 3: Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium, Contents
• 4: Amazon: Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (saved archive page, dated 18 October 2025, last accessed 18 October 2025, original link: http://www.amazon.com/Ciaphas-Cain-Defender-Sandy-Mitchell/dp/1785721127)