It is the Empire. It is always the Empire.
Clarion is the sun, bright and hot. At her side is Respite, a wisp of cloud. Behind them, pale like the morning's moon, is Saint Penance.
The Saints and their chosen are all that stand between the people and the consuming Empire. And as one girl learns when her village burns to the ground, one does not refuse the saint-path, no matter how hard it may prove to walk.
"The Saints We Make has it all: sapphic paladins! Resistance against an evil Empire! Suffering and joy, trauma and healing! This book burns like cleansing fire and shelters precious seeds of hope. Josie Kallo calls us to the righteous fight and never lets us forget that, after the fighting is done, we'll need to make a better world. We'll need music. Most of all, we'll need each other. "
-Izzy Wasserstein, author of All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From
Part of the Neon Hemlock Novella Series.