Caves of Ice

Caves of Ice by Sandy Mitchell

Another Ciaiphas Cain novel.  This one, also, can only be found in print in the Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium omnibus, I think.  Follows shortly after For the Emperor. And Cain is still Cain, you really doubt his word at point. Indeed, the footnotes point out several discrepancies.  (It's once again an excerpt from his private memoirs, edited by another character, who also includes excerpts from other works to explain things Cain doesn't.)
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decisions, decisions

There can be only one climax to a story.

Which means that if the muse grandly tosses about a number of ideas about a setting and character and plot, it doesn't matter how dramatic several of them are.
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