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Sisters of the Forsaken Stars

Sisters of the Vast Black, Book 2

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Sisters of the Forsaken Stars

By: Lina Rather
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
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Summary

The Sisters of the Order of Saint Rita forge a new path in Sisters of the Forsaken Stars.

"We lit the spark, maybe we should be here for the flames."

Two generations ago, Earth’s colonies and space stations broke free of their home planet’s tyrannical rule. Earth’s Central Governance is now flexing its power to regain control of its lost assets.

The Order of Saint Rita—whose mission is to provide aid and mercy to those in need—uncovered Central Governance’s atrocities on the remote planet Phoyongsa III and intervened to save colonists’ lives. On the run and reeling from the loss of beloved members, the sisters have stayed under the radar while continuing to honor their calling.

Yet the story of their defiance is spreading like wildfire, spearheaded by a growing anti-Earth religious movement calling for revolution. Faced with staying silent or speaking up, the Order of Saint Rita must decide the role they will play—and what hand they will have—in reshaping the galaxy.

©2022 Lina Rather (P)2022 Recorded Books Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera
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an solid second chapter looking at the consequences of the Sisters' intervention on the ringeye-plagued colony from the previous instalment. Trying to blend back into pious, removed poverty and anonymity, the Sisters find themselves icons of revolutionary action despite their best efforts, appalled at their mythologising, but coming to understand that the secessionist sentiment they have inadvertently created is larger than any one leader, martyr, colony, or small group of molusc-riding space nuns. The book looks at the failure of liberalism to stand up to tyranny, and uses the framings of organised religion, repressed sexuality, childhood conditioning, colonisation and a sort of biological determinism in the live ships to ask questions about free will. I hope there's a third volume because these stories are clever and exciting.

solid second outing for the slug nuns

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