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TheEvilDog:
Yes, Caves of Ice is the second novel in the Ciaphas Cain, HERO OF THE IMPERIUM, series of novels.
LeeC:
Yeah I just finished "For The Emperor" a few days ago which is the first novel in the "Hero of the Imperium" volume/omnibus. There's some short stories in between each novel too. Its been a fun ride so far. I get a bit of a Blackadder and Baldrick vibe from Cain and Jurgan which is pretty cool in a Warhammer setting. Jurgan even has a few "cunning plans" to share.
The novels (thus far) follow the great hero Ciaphas Cain's memoirs where he reveals he is not all that heroic at all and is a self claimed coward as he's more concerned with his own skin than the mission, unlike most other commissars. He gets stuck with putting together two Valhallan regiments, that were cobbled together from survivors of a recent Tyranid campaign, into one regiment. One regiment is all males, the other all females. So he resolves to make them a co-ed regiment, the first of its kind as far as I am aware in the Valhallan army. Comedy and action ensues.
cybersmurf:
I guess I'll have to give a 40k novel a spin, once I'm done with Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse No. 8).
TheEvilDog:
If you do start with a 40k novel, start with one by Dan Abnett, preferably First & Only. Doesn't get into too much of the more esoteric elements and reads more like a Sharpe novel.
LeeC:
I don't know. To the uninitiated I always suggest the Space Wolf omnibus, simply because you start off from the pov of a literal viking and learn about the universe through his primitive understanding. But I am sure everyone likes to suggest their favorite or their first 40k novel.
:-D
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