About the book: year / At the beginning of his long and storied career, Commissioner Ciaphas Cain enjoyed (mostly) easy service on the planet Keffia. The genestealer uprising was crushed, and Cain plunged into routine - but trouble found him again! Invited to a performance at a local music hall, inappropriately named "The Brilliant", the commissioner finds himself in the center of events and dark basements, where the surviving members of the cult seek revenge on the hero who thwarted their plans..