explorer / books · 2024
The Saint of Bright Doors
Published 2023 by Tor Books · 368 pages
Hugo · 2024
FinalistNebula · 2024
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3 award entries · 2 books · 1 wins · 2024–2025
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Synopsis
Fetter, the shadowless son of a cult leader, abandons his destiny as an assassin and flees to the city of Luriat, where mysterious painted doors appear on walls and cannot be opened. As he joins a support group for cult survivors and becomes entangled in political activism, he discovers that the doors — and his father's religion — are connected to a catastrophic reshaping of reality.
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