A short story set in the same universe as the Author's "Phoenix: Rising" Novel. There is a sample of this novel and Phoenix: Ashes after the short story.
Terenitus Catilina awakes in a military hospital, her life changed forever. Gone is her carefree existence, safe in the middle classes of the Empire of Sol Invictus. She must now come to terms with all that she has lost, and the horrific injuries that she has sustained. Taken in by the Inquisition after they saved her life Catilina is now beholden to this dark and terrifying chapter of the Empire's clergy. She must now complete her training to join their number as the prototype of the Dark Eagle protocol.