Chandrasekera - Saint of Bright Doors, PB

Awards
2024 British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer (nominee)
2024 Crawford Award
2024 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)
2024 Hugo Award for Best Novel (nominee)
2024 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel
2024 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction (nominee)
2024 Locus Award for Best First Novel
2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction (shortlist)
2023 Nebula Award for Best Novel

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting in a 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.