Heroes die is a fantastic combination of science fiction and fantasy written by Matthew Woodring Stover, an American novelist who is known best for his Star Wars novels. This book is the first one of the series called The Acts of Caine which tell the story about The Blade of Tyshalle, the best and most successful assasin the world has known. In this future world powerful corporations rule the earth and society follows strict caste system and most of the entertainment comes from the actors who are teleported to the other universe. In there every civilization is on the level of medieval but with a dose of magic and fantasy creatures like elfs or trolls. Actors who are trained warriors travel those land and experience thrilling adventures in order to become famous while viewers see and feel everything they do. However unlike viewers those actor can slain others, suffer great pain or even die in a terrible way, all of that just to become recognizable.