Radiant Star

In this standalone novel by award-winning author Ann Leckie, the complex dynamics of the Imperial Radch collide with the people of Ooioiaa, centered around the contentious Temporal Location of the Radiant Star. As the Radch aim to assimilate the site, local tensions rise amid a deteriorating food crisis and communication blackout. The decision to allow one man to become a "living saint" sparks a chain of events that leads a religious visionary, an upheaved socialite, and a young servant seeking freedom on intersecting paths.