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Commissar Ciaphas Cain and the Valhallan 597th are in the thick of it again, putting down an uprising of Chaos cultists on an Imperial mining world. Though their mission is a success, they find evidence that the corruption might have spread to other planets and that the forge world of Ironfound could now be at risk. The munitions Ironfound produces are vital to the Imperial war effort in the subsector; its safety must be assured at all costs. As battle explodes across the planet, Ciaphas Cain and his regiment come up against allies and enemies old and new in their fight for victory.

This audiobook brings together 13 uproarious short stories and one novella, focused on Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium. His stories are celebrated as heroic propaganda pieces, but he’s simply trying to stay alive in a hostile galaxy.

Commissar Cain is called to duty once more, saving a governor's daughter from a planet overrun by rebels. The uprising hides something far more sinister however - genestealer hybrids! The search for the source of the alien threat leads Cain to a drifting space hulk - a far safer place than beside the obsessed governor's daughter. But when the Reclamator Space Marines suffer devastating losses at the hands of the Great Devourer, Cain and his trusty aide Jurgen must go it alone.

On an Imperial outpost world on the fringes of tau space, the renowned Commissar Ciaphas Cain and his fractious regiment of Valhallan Guard, newly created from the remnants of two devastated units, find themselves in the middle of a war. As the Astra Militarum struggle to contain worldwide civil insurrection, can the wily Commissar Cain identify the real villain before the planet is lost to the Imperium forever?

When the world of Quadravidia comes under attack by the insidious tau, only one man can defeat the aliens and save the planet in the Emperor's name – the legendary Hero of the Imperium, Commissar Ciaphas Cain. When the aliens call for a ceasefire, Cain expects the worst, and his fears are answered in the form of the dread menace of the tyranids. As a hive fleet approaches Quadravidia, Cain must try to forge an alliance between the Imperium and the t'au – but can he truly trust the inscrutable xenos?

Once again, reluctant hero Commissar Cain is catapulted into glory in the fourth instalment of this tremendously popular series. Escaping from a disastrous space battle, the commissar and his malodorous sidekick Jurgen crash-land behind enemy lines. Even the sly Cain can't avoid a straight fight this time, as the only way out is to round up what few troops they can find and fight their way back to safety. Unfortunately, hundreds of thousands of barbaric alien orks stand in their way.

On the ice world of Simia Orichalcae a spate of mysterious disappearances is causing unrest amongst the mine workers, and, as senior officer of the Astra Militarum, Commissar Ciaphas Cain is nominated to investigate. Unbeknownst to him, the planet is right in the path of a major ork incursion, and, as the savage greenskins attack, a malevolent evil begins to stir deep in the ice caves.

Auf Periremunda kommt es unter der Bevölkerung zu Ausschreitungen. Da die örtlichen Streitkräfte nicht Herr der weit verbreiteten zivilen Unruhen werden, rufen sie Kommissar Cain und sein Valhallaner-Regiment zur Hilfe. Doch scheinbar steckt mehr hinter der Rebellion als zunächst angenommen, und Cain vermutet den Einfluss finsterer Mächte. Als der Kommissar Inquisitorin Vail wiedertrifft, scheinen sich seine Befürchtungen zu bewahrheiten.

Imperial commissar Ciaphas Cain returns to Nusquam Fundumentibus to crush the ork attacks which have been plaguing the frozen planet. But when his ship crashes into the wastelands outside the capital it disturbs a far greater enemy, one which has lain dormant under the permafrost since long before the Imperium came to this world and could now threaten the whole sector.

After a long and distinguished career defending the Imperium from its many enemies, Commissar Cain is enjoying a well-deserved retirement on Perlia, teaching in a schola progenium. But when a Black Crusade threatens the sector, all able-bodied citizens must rise to the defence, including Cain and his cadets. As the forces of Chaos overwhelm Perlia, can the wily commissar prove himself to be a real hero of the Imperium one last time?

Als Commissar der Imperialen Armee ist es Ciaphas Cains Aufgabe, seinen Soldaten mutigen Schrittes voranzugehen und für die Moral der Truppe zu sorgen. Nachdem seine Taten ihn allerdings zu einem unfreiwilligen Helden des Imperiums gemacht haben, wird er immer wieder in riskante Einsätze geschickt, die ihn beinahe Kopf und Kragen kosten. In der Hoffnung, endlich einen ruhigen Posten gefunden zu haben, nimmt er den Auftrag an, aus den Überresten zweier valhallanischer Verbände ein Regiment zu formen.

Ciaphas Cain's latest mission takes him and his Valhallan regiment to the planet of Adumbria to defend against an approaching Chaos invasion. However, infighting with fellow Imperial Guard regiments from the world of Tallarn, commanded by an old 'friend' of Cain's from the Schola Progenium and the uprising of a sinister cult on the planet puts paid to any hopes of an easy life.

Ciaphas Cains neueste Mission führt ihn und sein Regiment zum Planeten Adumbria, den sie gegen eine bevorstehende Chaosinvasion verteidigen sollen. Doch jeglicher Hoffnung auf einen ruhigen Einsatz wird schnell ein Ende bereitet, als ein weiteres Regiment der Imperialen Armee auftaucht, welches von einem alten "Freund" aus der Schola Progenium angeführt wird. Gleichzeitig stachelt ein gefährlicher Kult die Bewohner des Planeten zu einem Aufstand an.

When the flow of desperately needed weapons for the Astra Militarum slows to nothing from a newly founded forge world, there’s only one man able and (un)willing to investigate…Ciaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium. With Cain’s desperately sought-after retirement on the line, the Imperium’s most reluctant commissar must navigate insidious assassination attempts against his person, legions of mutinous skitarii, heresy within the upper echelons of the Adeptus Mechanicus itself… and a hidden foe, pulling the strings, with an agenda that could threaten the future of Imperial rule in the Damocles Gulf.

On Periremunda, the populace are rioting. With local forces unable to contain the widespread civil disorder, Commissar Cain and his regiment of Valhallans are called in to help. However, it seems there is more to the rebellion than first appeared, and Cain suspects sinister forces at work behind the scenes. When the commissar is reunited with Inquisitor Amberley Vail, it seems his fears are realised. In this the fifth book in the popular Ciaphas Cain series, our hero is thrown into a deadly conspiracy that even he might not be able to emerge from alive.

Nachdem Kommissar Cain und sein treuer Gefährte Jurgen gerade so einer desaströsen Raumschlacht entkommen, bruchlanden sie hinter feindlichen Linien. Und dieses Mal kann selbst der gerissene Cain nicht verhindern, in eine direkte Konfrontation mit dem Feind verwickelt zu werden. Sein einziger Ausweg besteht darin, die wenigen überlebenden Soldaten zu finden und sich den Weg zurück zu den eigenen Linien freizukämpfen. Unglücklicherweise stehen ihm dabei Hunderttausende barbarische Orks im Weg.

Nach einer langen und angesehenen Dienstzeit, in der er das Imperium vor zahlreichen Feinden verteidigt hat, genießt Kommissar Cain nun seinen wohlverdienten Ruhestand auf Perlia und unterrichtet dort an der örtlichen Schola Progenium. Doch als ein Schwarzer Kreuzzug den Raumsektor bedroht, müssen alle diensttüchtigen Bürger zur Verteidigung schreiten, einschließlich Cains und seiner Kadetten.

As the Tyrannic Wars sweep across the face of the Eastern Fringe, Cain and Jurgen find themselves on the jungle moon of a gas giant, fighting off a splinter fleet. The world is uninhabited, but must be protected to prevent the tyranid advance threatening several nearby systems. The situation goes from bad to worse when Cain and the Catachans run into a force of insidious xenos, and the two factions are thrown into a temporary alliance purely to survive.

Auf der Eiswelt Simia Orichalcae macht sich Unruhe breit, als immer wieder Minenarbeiter unter mysteriösen Umständen verschwinden. Als ranghöchstem Vertreter des Astra Militarum obliegt es Commissar Ciaphas Cain, der Sache nachzugehen. Niemand ahnt jedoch, dass sich der Planet in der Einfallschneise einer gewaltigen Orkhorde befindet. Als die wilden Grünhäute unvermittelt über die Welt herfallen, regt sich ein gefährliches Übel in der eisigen Tiefe des Planeten.

The Imperial Guard are the backbone of the Imperium’s military strength. While the Space Marines get all the glory, it’s the guard that holds back the tide of threats that would soon drown the Imperium by sheer weight of numbers. These audio dramas bring you into their tanks, platoons and trenches to see how ordinary men and women face the horrors of the 41st Millennium.