Anka the Pilgrim

This is my first novel. It's a slow starter, but it'll get better as it goes. The Human Empire is a vast polity spanning the stars, devoted to a godlike being: the Emperor, seated upon the Golden Throne. Even in a highly advanced future, religion and faith remain an important part of society. Pilgrims are people who embark on long and dangerous journeys to demonstrate their devotion, seek redemption, or fulfill their religious obligations. They may travel to important holy sites, such as Terra, the world where the Emperor sleeps, or to other planets imbued with sacred significance. Pilgrim ships are vessels built specifically to transport these pilgrims. They are usually old, poorly maintained, and terribly overcrowded interstellar transports. Imagine enormous slums floating in space, crammed with tens or even hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. The journeys are often long and perilous: travelers must face not only the inherent dangers of interstellar travel, but also the threats of pirates, xenos, and even daemons of the Warp. Pilgrimages have continued ever since the Emperor was wounded in the Horus Heresy and placed upon the Golden Throne. That was more than ten thousand years ago. Throughout the history of the Empire, countless pilgrims have set out on journeys to holy sites. (P.S. I'm just a casual Warhammer fan who's only read a few Warhammer fanfics. I've never written a novel before. I use technology to draft every chapter, then revise it based on my own conjectures and searches on Baidu, so there are quite a few plot holes. I'll fix what I can and do my best not to abandon the story.)