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''The Acts of Caine'' is a series of fantasy-science fiction (trending toward fantasy) books by [[Matt Stover|Matthew Woodring Stover]], who is probably more well known as the author of some pretty damn good ''[[Star Wars]]'' novels: ''Traitor'', ''Shatterpoint'', and the novelization of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''. Think about that for just one second--''with'' the restrictions of writing in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]], he produced those three books. And this is what he does when the gloves come off.
''The Acts of Caine'' is a series of fantasy-science fiction (trending toward fantasy) books by [[Matt Stover|Matthew Woodring Stover]], who is probably more well known as the author of some pretty damn good ''[[Star Wars]]'' novels: ''Traitor'', ''Shatterpoint'', and the novelization of ''[[Revenge of the Sith]]''. Think about that for just one second--''with'' the restrictions of writing in the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]], he produced those three books. And this is what he does when the gloves come off.


There are currently four books: ''Heroes Die'', ''Blade of Tyshalle'', ''Caine Black Knife'', and ''Caine's Law''. If [[That Other Wiki]] is to be believed, there are going to be at least four more books in the series. In addition, Stover has created the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110124234023/http://overworld.tv/ Overworld.tv] project, which will initially involve a graphic novel in the Acts of Caine continuity.
There are currently{{when}} four books: ''Heroes Die'', ''Blade of Tyshalle'', ''Caine Black Knife'', and ''Caine's Law''. If [[That Other Wiki]] is to be believed, there are going to be at least four more books in the series. In addition, Stover has created the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110124234023/http://overworld.tv/ Overworld.tv] project, which will initially involve a graphic novel in the Acts of Caine continuity.


The series' setting is an interesting combination of a [[Dystopia|futuristic earth run by corporate governments with a strict caste system and loads of repression]], and a [[Dark Fantasy|parallel high fantasy world called Overworld]] that earth humans have learned to travel to and exploit. This exploitation initially takes the form of The Studio, a company that produces a sort of reality entertainment by sending "actors" to Overworld. These actors are trained in either magic or combat, implanted with a kind of video recorder and sent to Overworld to "risk their lives in an interesting way". On the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] the series tends towards cynicism, although it is not without [[Earn Your Happy Ending|bouts of idealism]]. Oh, all of the books contain loads of very well written violence.
The series' setting is an interesting combination of a [[Dystopia|futuristic earth run by corporate governments with a strict caste system and loads of repression]], and a [[Dark Fantasy|parallel high fantasy world called Overworld]] that earth humans have learned to travel to and exploit. This exploitation initially takes the form of The Studio, a company that produces a sort of reality entertainment by sending "actors" to Overworld. These actors are trained in either magic or combat, implanted with a kind of video recorder and sent to Overworld to "risk their lives in an interesting way". On the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] the series tends towards cynicism, although it is not without [[Earn Your Happy Ending|bouts of idealism]]. Oh, all of the books contain loads of very well written violence.
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* [[State Sec]]: The Social Police.
* [[State Sec]]: The Social Police.
* [[Stop Worshipping Me!]]: Caine really hates the Cainists.
* [[Stop Worshipping Me!]]: Caine really hates the Cainists.
* [[Super Detailed Fight Narration]]: "The gassy thing about the figure-four headlock..." *cue paragraph of description in loving detail*
* [[Super-Detailed Fight Narration]]: "The gassy thing about the figure-four headlock..." *cue paragraph of description in loving detail*
* [[Survival Mantra]]: "Keep your head down and inch towards daylight"
* [[Survival Mantra]]: "Keep your head down and inch towards daylight"
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: Kosall, though a [[Justified Trope]] here in that Kosall just happens to do a lot of important shit included but not limited to {{spoiler|''crippling the main character''.}} Except it turns out it might also be the sword of a god that was also in possession of an order of knights for the past five hundred years ([[Timey-Wimey Ball|the timeline gets complicated when gods are involved]]).
* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: Kosall, though a [[Justified Trope]] here in that Kosall just happens to do a lot of important shit included but not limited to {{spoiler|''crippling the main character''.}} Except it turns out it might also be the sword of a god that was also in possession of an order of knights for the past five hundred years ([[Timey-Wimey Ball|the timeline gets complicated when gods are involved]]).
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