Book Club Book #10 – Celestine: The Living Saint by Andy Clark

Every two weeks we read a new book in the WH40k universe and discuss it on our podcast. We invite you to read along with us and join in on our conversation via comments, Twitter, email, or vox cast. 

This episode we’re reading Celestine: The Living Saint by Andy Clark. You can purchase on Amazon, or Black Library, or Audible.

From the back of the book:

With her mighty wings spread wide and Ardent Blade aflame, Saint Celestine is the living embodiment of the God-Emperor’s wrath. Her halo blazes like a star upon the smog-wreathed, blood-soaked battlefields of the 41st Millennium; its holy light leading the faithful to victory time and time again. As heretics and daemons tear at her flesh, she calls down fires of retribution from on high to smite the wicked and unrighteous.

If she is to fall in battle, none should mourn as she is Celestine, the Living Saint, and death is her duty. Though it comes at a great cost. For each time she is slain, Saint Celestine finds herself trapped in a terrible realm of suffering and torment. There her faith in the God-Emperor will be put to the test so she may prove herself worthy of life once more.

Questions to consider during and after reading Celestine: The Living Saint:

• Did you like the book?
• Which parts really stood out to you?
• The Black Library seems to be leaning heavily into the question of faith in the grimdark future. Does this book convince you of the Emperor’s divinity or no?
• Celestine’s faith in the Emperor is unshakable. Do you find it believable?
• Do you like Saint Celestine as a character?
• Sister Meritorious had lost her faith. What does her journey say about the state of the WH40k universe?
• Spoiler question, highlight to reveal: The Throne-damned, muther-$#@^-ing Inquisition. Is Gofrey a commentary on the Inquisition at large?
• The Cadians continue to stand in the face of abject horror and loss. How does their stance mirror or juxtapose that of Celestine’s?

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