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The Black Library Novella Series 3 #1
The Rose in Anger
Black Library Novella Series 3
The Order of the Bloody Rose unleash the Emperor's wrath upon hereteks across a corrupted forge world – but something terrifying lurks within the planet's darkness.
READ IT BECAUSE
Rediscover the faith and fury of Sister Augusta and her warriors in a new tale that pits the Battle Sisters against corrupted Imperial servants and something even more sinister.
THE STORY
Returning to the forge world of Lycheate, Sister Augusta and her squad are deployed as part of their Order's battle muster. But will the wrathful fire that burns from the battle tanks of the Bloody Rose be enough to face the heretek's Mechanicus army? And what if something even more malign already inhabits the planet?
The Order of the Bloody Rose unleash the Emperor's wrath upon hereteks across a corrupted forge world – but something terrifying lurks within the planet's darkness.
READ IT BECAUSE
Rediscover the faith and fury of Sister Augusta and her warriors in a new tale that pits the Battle Sisters against corrupted Imperial servants and something even more sinister.
THE STORY
Returning to the forge world of Lycheate, Sister Augusta and her squad are deployed as part of their Order's battle muster. But will the wrathful fire that burns from the battle tanks of the Bloody Rose be enough to face the heretek's Mechanicus army? And what if something even more malign already inhabits the planet?
119 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 14, 2020
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About the author
Danie Ware
59 books205 followersAuthor 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
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
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December 1, 2020
Another welcomed edition to this series. It seems to be a thing that at the end of every year Black Library releases a batch of Novellas and Ware's Sisters of Battle books have become annual.
This is the 3rd Novella in the "Augusta" series (Is there a name for this series? Like the "Santorus Series.")
This book had a certain new feel to it as you got to see some Sisters in number engaged in combat, but also got some cool missions with the Augusta's squad mixed in.
There is some cool details that make things feel more tangible. Like a moment where the exorcist tanks could not fire into a location because the ark would not clear the entrance.
Also it had repressor transport tanks and that makes me happy.
No spoilers but there is a awesome/epic fight toward the end.
To get off point for a moment I wanted to share that the by the previous book I was already hooked and had wrote in my review for that book (Wreck and Ruin) that I planned to paint a Kill Team for Warhammer of Augusta and her Squad. I finished that goal, even adding some scrolls to Akemi and an Auspex to Caia.
I mention this to drive home how much I enjoy this series. I do not know if this was the final book in a trilogy or if there are some more stories to come, but I certainly hope there is more.
This is the 3rd Novella in the "Augusta" series (Is there a name for this series? Like the "Santorus Series.")
This book had a certain new feel to it as you got to see some Sisters in number engaged in combat, but also got some cool missions with the Augusta's squad mixed in.
There is some cool details that make things feel more tangible. Like a moment where the exorcist tanks could not fire into a location because the ark would not clear the entrance.
Also it had repressor transport tanks and that makes me happy.
No spoilers but there is a awesome/epic fight toward the end.
To get off point for a moment I wanted to share that the by the previous book I was already hooked and had wrote in my review for that book (Wreck and Ruin) that I planned to paint a Kill Team for Warhammer of Augusta and her Squad. I finished that goal, even adding some scrolls to Akemi and an Auspex to Caia.
I mention this to drive home how much I enjoy this series. I do not know if this was the final book in a trilogy or if there are some more stories to come, but I certainly hope there is more.
December 2, 2020
Sisters doing it again!
Danie Ware has captured the market in sisters of battle short stories and I have enjoyed each and every one she has published so far, and this is another superb tale of honour, duty and service to the Emperor, I look forward to her full length novel which hopefully BL will ask her to write very soon
Danie Ware has captured the market in sisters of battle short stories and I have enjoyed each and every one she has published so far, and this is another superb tale of honour, duty and service to the Emperor, I look forward to her full length novel which hopefully BL will ask her to write very soon
December 2, 2020
Another fantastic entry into the now growing series of Sisters of Battle stories by Danie Ware. Her novella has been the highlight of each year's series. I enjoy the continued adventures of the Bloody Rose and am looking forward to a longer, perhaps novel, story in the future. One can hope.
August 5, 2022
This book reminds me of Nick Kyme's Salamander series. Slow but steady advance to achieve the protagonists goals. Some people love'em, some people hate'em but the "Kyme Salamanders" aspect is very strong in this Sororitas story. "The Rose in Anger" has very little anger in it. Maybe for the better.
Three stars for Sister Viola's "thrice-blessed heavy bolter".
Three stars for Sister Viola's "thrice-blessed heavy bolter".
January 12, 2021
Another classic case of "just one more chapter" syndrome.
Once again we join Sister Augustus and her squad but rather than the 'squad on a mission' format, we get to see the sisters take part in full scale adrenaline-pumping battle and while I'm not generally a huge fan of combat heavy books, I loved every minute of this and hope to read more Sisters of Battle stories from Danie soon.
Once again we join Sister Augustus and her squad but rather than the 'squad on a mission' format, we get to see the sisters take part in full scale adrenaline-pumping battle and while I'm not generally a huge fan of combat heavy books, I loved every minute of this and hope to read more Sisters of Battle stories from Danie soon.
February 25, 2021
Three novellas that didn’t truly work as a series. The first novella could’ve been a solid short story, while the second two are clearly just a novel chopped in half. Black Library can sometimes price gouge and I felt unhappy paying more for two novellas rather than one novel. This irritation overwhelmed the stories themselves, even though I liked the characters well enough.
January 7, 2021
A good little Kill Team level battle set in a bigger engagement. Loose ends are tied up. These characters need a proper novel length treatment.
September 19, 2021
Ave Imperator
Who doesn't !love the Sisters. I really enjoyed the story and got more understanding about them . Recommend this to all Sisters fans.
Who doesn't !love the Sisters. I really enjoyed the story and got more understanding about them . Recommend this to all Sisters fans.
March 12, 2022
Danie Ware does a decent job of filling in what's come before, but this is clearly part of a larger narrative. A continuation of Wreck & Ruin, it seems! I suspect that both will read better as a whole. Hopefully, both parts, The Bloodied Rose, and Danie's other Adepta Sororitas shorts will at some point get a collected reprint so I'll be able to find out.
June 20, 2023
A fun read.
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