The Place of Pain and Healing

Black Library Advent Calendar 2021

by Justin D. Hill

A Minka Lesk Short Story

In the immediate aftermath of Cadia Stands, a whiteshield named Minka Lesk is rescued from her sundered planet by a Space Marine of the Space Wolves Chapter. Follow her recovery as she gets to grips with the loss of her home world and the notion that, while Cadia itself is gone, she remains.

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Herein lies an opportunity to lean about a formative moment in the life of a bonafide hero of the Imperium.

Genres: Short Stories, 40k, Science Fiction

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First published December 12, 2021

About the author

Justin is a long-time Astra Militarum player with a trophy cabinet of painting and gaming awards. He now leads his Imperial Fists into the hell of the Horus Heresy.

Reviews

[AA_Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Justin D. Hill has carved himself a niche in 40K fiction as a (*the?) chronicler of the fall of Cadia through his Lesk novels. This is a nice reflective piece, looking once more at the psychological consequences of their ‘failure’ and chronologically falls at some point during his novel ‘Cadia Stands’. It’s as well-written as we’ve come to expect from Hill and is absolutely worth the readers time, even as a stand-alone piece.

[Heather Cawte · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short story covering Minka Lesk’s experiences directly after the battle for Cadia. Hill never shies away from depicting the visceral horror of war, but in this story he gives us the mental suffering too. We see Minka’s terrible dreams, as she tries to come to terms with the events of the battle, her mental suffering much greater than her physical injuries, and yet the story ends on a note of hope.