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Caine Black Knife (Acts of Caine) | 
| Author: Matthew Stover
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 47613
Media: Paperback
Pages: 368
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0345455878
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345455871
ASIN: 0345455878
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
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Product Description
In Heroes Die and Blade of Tyshalle, Matthew Stover created a new kind of fantasy novel, and a new kind of hero to go with it: Caine, a street thug turned superstar, battling in a future where reality shows take place in another dimension, on a world where magic exists and gods are up close and personal. In that beautiful, savage land, Caine is an assassin without peer, a living legend born from one of the highest-rated reality shows ever made. That season, Caine almost single-handedly defeated–and all but exterminated–the fiercest of all tribes: the Black Knives. But the shocking truth of what really took place during that blood-drenched adventure has never been revealed . . . until now.
Thirty years later, Caine returns to the scene of his greatest triumph–some would say greatest crime–at the request of his adopted brother Orbek, the last of the true Black Knives. But where Caine goes, danger follows, and he soon finds himself back in familiar territory: fighting for his life against impossible odds, with the fate of two worlds hanging in the balance.
Just the way Caine likes it.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Caine's Back! November 23, 2008
Kory R. Miron
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In Caine Black Knife, Caine's thrown back into the festering mess that is the conflict between his homeworld, Earth, and the mythic-like Overworld. At the same time, we are given snips of the adventure that made him a super-star "Retreat from the Boedeken." The contrast between the young and old versions of Caine are remarkably noticable, and at the same time, they are obviously the same man. It really provides a nice effect.
I'm a longtime fan of Mr. Stover's work, and in all honesty, have absurdly high expectations for the quality of his books. Caine Black Knife meets my expectations 100%. My only question, now is, when's the next one coming out?
CBK baby, CBK November 10, 2008
Freddy (detroit)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the best fantasy series being produced now. The Caine stories have not deteriorated into utter nonsense (see Robert Jordan / Terry Goodkind) but advanced with philosophical nuances and bone splitting action scenes. It does get a little graphic at times, so it isn't for my 9 year old nephew. I just finished the 3rd book tonight and I think I might have to reread the series yet again because I'm already missing it.
This is a huge addition to fantasy genre. I can't wait for the next book.
Violent and Profound October 27, 2008
Scott Masterton (Blaine, MN USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Matthew Stover's third book in the "Acts of Caine" series is a good one. Stover does an impressive job of aging Caine and demonstrating the difference in perspective between the character at 25 and the character now in his middle fifties.
Hari/Caine is in Overworld to aid his Ogrillo blood brother (sort of a cross between a gorilla and an Ogre)Orbek. Orbek has been imprisoned and is sentenced to death for defying his "betters" and Caine feels it is his duty to save the life of the young Ogrillo as a younger Caine was responsible for the downfall of the Ogrilloi and the Black Knife clan in particular. There are really two stories going on here: one in "real" time and the other in the form of a recording of "Escape from the Boedecken" (mentioned in "Heroes Die" but never fully explained); this is the adventure that made a young Hari Michaelson (Caine) a star and also the Genesis of the current problems that a mature Hari must now try to fix.
The Caine novels are heavy with extreme violence and gore and liberally peppered with (ahem) very "adult" language. But the novels are also heavy with insightful social commentary on the nature of government, freedom and caste. This is thinking persons Fantasy/science fiction and there is no way to read these books without asking questions about the state of our own freedoms and the world around us. Stover's fiction is eye opening, but it's also great entertainment. The end of "Caine Black Knife" leaves us with a promise of more Caine to come. I hope that it's true.
Buy this one and read it.
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