WINNER of the Nebula Award for Best Novel | WINNER of the Crawford Award | WINNER of the Ignyte Award for Best Adult Novel |A 2023New York TimesNotable Book |Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel | Finalist for the 2024 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel | Finalist for the 2024 Lambda Award for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction | Shortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K Le Guin Prize
The best book I've read all year. Protean, singular, original. Amal El-Mohtar for theNew York Times
The Saint of Bright Doorssets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting ina novel that is revelatory and resonant.
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy.
He walked among invisible powers: devils and anti-gods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism, lost his shadow, and gained a habit for secrecy. After a blood-soaked childhood, Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city, and fell into a broader world where divine destinies are a dime a dozen.
Everything in Luriat is more than it seems. Group therapy is recruitment for a revolutionary cadre. Junk email hints at the arrival of a god. Every door is laden with potential, and once closed may never open again. The city is scattered with Bright Doors, looming portals through which a cold wind blows. In this unknowable metropolis, Fetter will discover what kind of man he is, and his discovery will rewrite the world.
Vajra Chandrasekera is from Colombo, Sri Lanka and is online at vajra.me. His debut novel
The Saint of Bright Doorswon Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus awards, was nominated for the Le Guin, Lammy, Hugo awards, among others. His second novel
Rakesfallis a
New York TimesNotable Book of 2024.
Winner of the Nebula AlÃò
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