Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather

What Happened to the Mouse?: Lampshaded.I am not going to write a long review because I just flew from Orlando to London via Chicago and I AM TIRED.War Is Hell: Said almost word-for-word by the Reverend Mother.August, of Radio Terra, is none other than the Reverend Mother. The Stoic: Sister Faustina, apparently.Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: The nuns ignore the Central Governance and go back for the colonists anyway.The Reveal: Earth Central Governance intentionally infected the colonists as part of their plan to regain power.Precision F-Strike: By Vauca, in reaction to Earth Central Governance not letting the nuns land on Phoyongsa III.Sister Gemma and Sister Lucia are trying to find a cure for it, using antibodies from the ship. Our Zombies Are Different: Anyone affected by ringeye, a disease from the last days of the war.The Needs of the Many: According to Father Giovanni, once the outbreak happens.Most Writers Are Writers: Sister Lucia is in the process of writing a biography when they land on Phoyongsa III.Living Ship: There are sentient ships that can breed and make baby ships.Heroic Sacrifice: The Reverend Mother stays on the ship to distract the Central Governance.Food Porn: The description of the colonists' meal on Phoyongsa III.Fighting from the Inside: The infected colonists.She breaks it in the finale to get the Cheng I Sao past the Central Governance. Elective Mute: The Reverend Mother has taken a vow of silence.Death Seeker: The Reverend Mother, for years after the war.Crapsack World: Post-war Earth, by all accounts.Cool Starship: ''Our Lady of Impossible Constellations''.The 'vaccinations' that the colonists mention to the nuns.Foreshadowing: The Reverend Mother, it turns out, has a very good reason for not speaking.Butch Lesbian: Vauca, Sister Gemma's lover.Big Damn Heroes: The nuns go back to save the colonists at the end.

The Atoner: The Reverend Mother, for her crimes during the war.And I Must Scream: The ringeye victims.Amazing Technicolor Wildlife: They are in space, after all.Advert-Overloaded Future: Sister Faustina opens a message from a colony, only to be bombarded with advertisements about food, ship repair and a moon base.It features a group of nuns travelling through space who eventually discover a conspiracy.

Sisters of the Vast Black is a 2019 sci-fi novella by Lina Rather.

Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather