Wreck and Ruin

Black Library Novella Series 2 #2

by Danie Ware

An Adepta Sororitas novella

Summoned into the service of the Inquisition, Sister Superior Augusta and her pious warriors hunt a dangerous psyker in a den of renegades and secessionists. Will faith and fury be enough to spell victory for the Sisters of Battle?

READ IT BECAUSE
Find out what happens when the Sisters of Battle have to deal with the Inquisition in the hunt for a deadly witch – how will the Emperor's finest witch hunters work together?

THE STORY
Having returned from their desperate mission on Lautis, the Sisters of the Bloody Rose are bound for the Covent Sanctorum on Ophelia VII when an urgent and undeniable summons reaches them. One of the Holy Ordos of the Inquisition needs their assistance and will brook no argument.

With little choice and even less knowledge of the mission at hand, Sister Superior and her squad make for the heavily industrialised world of Lycheate and an audience with Inquisitor Istrix. A hunt then begins for the heretic and dangerous psyker-witch known as Scafidis Zale, a task difficult enough without the fact that Lycheate is a den of renegades and Imperial secessionists. Augusta and her Sisters of Battle will need to hold onto their faith and their fury if they are to prevail, but what secrets is the Inquisitor keeping from the Adepta Sororitas, secrets that could damn them all…?

Genres: Science Fiction, 40k, Novella, Fiction

Kindle Edition

First published November 9, 2019

About the author

Author of the Ecko trilogy (CyberPunk/Fantasy mashup) and Children of Artifice (queer science fantasy). Writer of Sisters of Battle (and other things) for WarHammer 40k, Judge Anderson for Rebellion, Twilight Imperium for Aconyte Books, and numerous short stories.

Reader, writer, crusader geek, re-enactor (retired) and role-player. After seventeen years conjuring PR, events and social media for Forbidden Planet (London) Ltd, you can now find me in the Manga/GNs at Waterstones Piccadilly.

Follow me on most Social Media channels as @Danacea

Reviews

[Edoardo Albert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nuns with guns in the 40th millennium! Really big guns. Plus a female Inquisitor, all on the trail of a Chaos witch (who is actually a man). With all these bolter-toting women gunning for him, the Chaos witch doesn't really have a chance, but Danie Ware does a brilliant job of keeping the suspense ratcheted to the max while riffing on the tension between the sisters and the inquisitor. A thrilling, enjoyable read. Indeed, so well do nuns go with guns that someone should really suggest the concept to Pope Francis. I think the Bridgettines would be an ideal order to begin weapons training with - look them up and you will see why!

[Felicity Keane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick review as it's very late.

1. I love Sister Viola and want to run away with her.

2. Warpshit is an underrated word and I want to use it more in conversation.

3. I intended to read one chapter before bed and ended up pulling an all nighter.

[Alesha Montgomery · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a kind of sequel to the previous novella "The bloodied rose" and short story "Mercy." I read the novella and enjoyed it and was happy to see the story of Augusta and her squad continue. I didn't catch the short story came before the last novella and I don't think it would be hard to follow anything if you jumped into this book first. It does mention the fate of some characters from previous stories but its a good balance that its not vital to understand what is happening but also not so meaningless that it doesn't connect the stories or characters.

Anyways the writing is clean and easy to follow. I enjoyed this so much that I am waiting for my E-reader to charge so I can download the original short story. (Which it seems you can only get in Epub style format)

Definitely recommend this one for anyone who likes sisters of battle or a more small scale story (for the 40k gamers, think Kill team. Also going to build a Augusta Kill Team now.)

[Alice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ware has such an excellent grasp on pacing that this felt as engaging as a 300 page novel rather than a novella.

Somehow, in barely over 100 pages, Ware manages to cram in character development, world building, action, and recap events from previous stories without anything feeling rushed or left out. It's suspenseful, with excellent payoff, but succinct.

It's also proving my theory that the best Warhammer 40k books are thrillers. Rather than the heavy hand of the Space Marines crushing everything in sight, we get to see the Inquisition and Adepta Sororitas interact and investigate heresy. There's still the same fanaticism as you standard 40k story, but it's toned down by having actual characters who feel actual emotions other than 'for the Emperor'.

[Frédéric · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not completely convinced by this novella in terms of its construction. I found it a little heavy, not always excessively clear with zero character development. The Sisters have faith, they recite litanies to stay on course and they fire into the crowd. The end.
I want to get attached to them but they're just Nuns with Guns, 3 words of Latin and that's it. I know it's a novella but I expect better.

[Michael Dodd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Returning home after the events on Lautis, Sister Superior Augusta and her squad find their services commandeered by Inquisitor Istrix, who orders them to join her on the ravaged, abandoned forge world of Lycheate. They are to accompany her on a hunt for the dangerous psyker Scafidis Zale, but amongst the rusting steelworks and its shady denizens Augusta finds her trust in the hardline, secretive Inquisitor tested and her faith challenged anew.

It’s a clever continuation of the series and these characters, bringing a different element to the fore without losing the essential sense of fervent faith and utter badassery that Ware captures so well with the Sisters of Battle. Whether you’ve been following Augusta’s adventures through all of Ware’s stories so far, or are picking this up as your first entry point, there’s a lot to enjoy in this depiction of Battle Sisters forced out of their comfort zone and (mostly) holding back their aggression.

Read the full review at https://www.trackofwords.com/2020/01/...

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m happy to read about the continuing adventures of this squad of Sisters of Battle. The characterizations are comfortable, the plot fast and straightforward and the action is fine. NOW, as the story progresses I’m looking forward to things that will really snap the reader out of complacency such as a shocking death, an unthinkable betrayal and a truly epic apocalypse level series of battles.

[Declan Waters · Rating 4 out of 5]

Danie Ware is rapidly making the Sisters of Battle her own in a litery sense by being the go-to author for stories about the Sisters from the Black Library. This is the first I have read of the second novella series, and it has started off well, with a top story from Ware.

The Sisters are commandeered by the Inquisition for a capture mission. But not all goes to plan. This is more pulp fiction from Black Library at its best.

[Skywatcher Adept · Rating 4 out of 5]

„I’ve heard stories about the Sisters of Battle – about how you halt entire wars with just your presence. About how the God-Emperor Himself gifted you the arts of combat.’ He offered a flicker of a smile. ‘About how you bite men’s heads from their shoulders–’
‘Only when I’m really hungry,’ Augusta told him, straight-faced."
- from "Wreck and Ruin" by Danie Ware

[Sebastian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really appreaciate an honest, relatively short and to-the-point light bit of entertainment that does precisely what it says it will on the packaging – and this is exactly that. A fun little straightforward adventure with Sister Superior Augusta and her crew.

[Amanda]

Proofread

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid

Overall an enjoyable read, and interesting power struggle between duty to the emperor and the inquisition and the area of doubt present in both

[Ulzeta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite fun.

[Magic Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very exciting read! Really enjoyed the writing style.

[Jodi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dies ist der zweite Teil von Danie Wares Reihe um die Schwesternschaft. Dieser Band ist weniger actionlastig und blutig als der erste, lebt dafür sehr von seinen Figuren und der grandiosen Umgebung. Ich hörte die schweren Maschinen richtiggehend und fühlte den Dampf auf meiner Haut. Es ist nicht schlecht, wenn man "Die Blutige Rose" kennt, um die Zusammenhänge und inneren Kämpfe der Heldinnen zu verstehen, aber es ist nicht unbedingt vonnöten, sodass man den Band auch einzeln lesen kann.

[Lenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing short story about the internal struggle within the the Adepta Sororitas when they have to choose between their own instincts and will of the Emperor .( as dictated by The Holy Orders of the Emperor's Inquisition) . The novella follows a squad of Sisters from the order of the Bloody Rose when they are summoned by an Inquisitor to aid in the hunt upon a psyker with whom she has an old personal bond.

With an interesting cast of sisters and a renegate tech-priest to spice things up this novella has me hooked in Sister Augusta's story line so I might pick The Bloodied Rose (The Black Library Novella Series 1 #1) or Mercy (Warhammer 40,000) to learn more about her. Lastly the usage of the Latin prayers and Litanies is a nice touch that makes the warrior nun vibe really come alive.