The Annals of St. Ciaphas
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The First Testament of Eternity by beautifultoastdream
Fandoms: Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors, Warhammer 40.000
03 Mar 2020
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Ciaphas Cain is supposed to be dead. Nevertheless, he still has a lot to say. Now where the frak is he, and why can't he seem to run away from the enemy?
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- Part 1 of The Annals of St. Ciaphas
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The Second Testament of Eternity by beautifultoastdream
Fandoms: Warhammer 40.000, Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors
07 Jul 2022
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Ciaphas Cain, newly born Imperial Saint, is trying to find his feet in the Warp. He experiments with his new abilities, contemplates his future, and discovers just what horrors are now being committed in his name. Once again, his reputation is growing beyond his ability to control it.
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- Part 2 of The Annals of St. Ciaphas
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The Third Testament of Eternity: Fire & Faith by beautifultoastdream
Fandoms: Warhammer 40.000
17 Dec 2023
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Ciaphas Cain finally meets another Imperial saint and gets some long-overdue answers. But that just leads to more frakking questions! And when an attempt to hear "the voice of the Emperor" leads him to do something careless (purely out of self-preservation, of course), he learns that there may be more than simple faith behind his ascension.
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- Part 3 of The Annals of St. Ciaphas
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The Fourth Testament of Eternity: Chaos & Collection by beautifultoastdream
Fandoms: Warhammer 40.000, Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors
28 Dec 2023
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Ciaphas Cain, unwilling Imperial saint, is learning the ropes of his new role ... and getting used to occasionally having a pair of wings. But on another mission into the Materium, he feels a call from a person he knew in life. Just how far can Ciaphas Cain stretch his powers to protect someone he wasn't technically summoned to help? And frak it all, who knew that some Necrons could TALK?
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- Part 4 of The Annals of St. Ciaphas
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The Fifth Testament of Eternity: The Inquisitor's Command by beautifultoastdream
Fandoms: Warhammer 40.000, Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors
16 Jan 2025
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Reluctant Imperial saint Ciaphas Cain receives the summons he's both hoped for and dreaded. Amberley Vail has called upon him to once more aid her mission. That would be nerve-wracking enough, but she wants him to investigate a group of dark eldar ... Who are acting suspicious, even for dark eldar. Now Cain must balance a hellish assignment with the fear that the Inquisition knows what a sham he really is.
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- Part 5 of The Annals of St. Ciaphas
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The Sixth Testament: Drink with the Living Dead by beautifultoastdream
Fandoms: Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors
01 Aug 2025
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Ciaphas Cain, Imperial Saint and commissar, is summoned by a petitioner who needs something very different: advice. Temporarily in mortal guise, Cain takes a moment to drink some unblessed tea and, for the first time since his death and ascension, actually try to improve morale.
But this is the calm before the storm, and his petitioner may be first in the line of fire ...
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- Part 6 of The Annals of St. Ciaphas
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The Seventh Testament: The Skinless Sorrow by beautifultoastdream
Fandoms: Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors, Warhammer 40.000
24 Aug 2025
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As the Warp convulses in the aftermath of the Astronomicon's strange blink, Ciaphas Cain is one of many Imperial saints summoned to aid humanity. Dark forces are moving to attack the Imperium in their moment of weakness. Now Ciaphas finds himself, for the first time, battling alongside fellow Saints -- and he might just make new allies if he can survive this.
But the creature drifting through the ruins of a planetary governor's palace is unlike anything he or the others have faced. Today, a Saint may fall.
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- Part 7 of The Annals of St. Ciaphas
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The Eighth Testament: A Commissar Reborn by beautifultoastdream
Fandoms: Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors, Warhammer 40.000
24 Dec 2025
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Commissar-Saint Ciaphas Cain is being pushed to the limit. A battle with a Tzeentchian monstrosity has shown him that even a saint can fall. Now he finds himself summoned to the battlefield world of Armageddon, where a new threat of a unique kind is crawling its way into the material world. His mission: to discover the threat's nature, destroy it, and save a doomed planet.
That's a lot to ask from one cowardly commissar. Particularly now that he has the relentlessly holy St. Celestine looking over his shoulder ...
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- Part 8 of The Annals of St. Ciaphas
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The Annals of St. Ciaphas: A Sanguinala Carol by beautifultoastdream
Fandoms: Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors
25 Dec 2025
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Commissar Ciaphas Cain, Imperial saint summoned by tea and soldiers' belief, has been given a rather unusual assignment. Apparently, some High Lord of Terra or other has lost faith in humanity's glorious destiny, and Cain is the second of three saints tapped to sort him out.
Now Cain must escort this High Lord on a one-night tour of the Imperium, teaching him the true meaning of Christm—er, Sanguinala Present. This is going to put a damper on his evening. Especially when some Valhallans summon him for a different reason altogether ...
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- Part 9 of The Annals of St. Ciaphas