Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith

Warhammer 40,000

By: Danie Ware

Narrated by: Emma Gregory

A Warhammer 40,000 Audiobook

The Reliquant at Arms is given a holy mission to return a sacred relic of the Adepta Sororitas to its rightful place. After the forces of Chaos foil her plans, she pledges herself to vengeance – but her chosen mission might be more than she can handle.

LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE

It's a chance to witness the faith and fury of the Adepta Sororitas pitted against the forces of Nurgle, the Plague God! Learn more about one of their legendary warriors, how they fight, and what sacrifices they're willing to make in the name of the God-Emperor.

THE STORY

Aestred Thurga is the Reliquant at Arms, a holy warrior tasked with defending the relics of the Imperium.

Whilst returning the legendary Sword of Saarim to its rightful place upon the necropolis world of Katerah, Aestred is ambushed by a cult of the Plague God that steals the blade for themselves. Horrified at her defeat, she plunges herself and her Adepta Sororitas companions into a brutal battle against the forces of Chaos that overwhelm the planet from within, in order to reclaim both the relic and her honour.

But when the billions of heroes laid to rest on Katerah begin to rise from their graves, Aestred must choose whether it is more important to defend the Imperium's people or protect its history, and is confronted with an awful truth – sometimes, a Sister can fail her mission.

Written by Danie Ware. Narrated by Emma Gregory. Runtime 7 hours and 8 minutes approx.

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GW let Danie Ware write this

I can't believed that GW let Danie Ware write a character with a model so unlikable. Although battle against the undead and the supporting characters were compelling. Aestred comes off as childish, egocentric and down right unlikable and even at the end of the book she is still unlikable (Can't believe she don't find her way into a Penitent Engine). Luckily Emma Gregory gives a bang on narration, making the book a lot more enjoyable.

Great voicework

Story was quite linear, not a bad story but certainly on the lower end of the Authors collective work on sisters books.

something is wrong, what happened to Danie's amazing writing?

Danie is normally the best sisters writer. ive read every Danie Sororitas book twice, but this so weird, Rose in Darkness was so perfect but this is... weird. parts of it feel like they were adapted from a Rose book that got changed into this, they even sing and praise Saint Mina. meanwhile the idea of a character having a selfish desire for glory was already done with Avaline, and done much better. Avaline really grew at the end of that book and I grew from hating her to loving her. but this feels so weird. did Games Workshop rush them? is that why its so weird?

cringe

everytime singing came up i literally rolled my eyes and turned the volume down. Definitely a distraction