Radiant Star

Radiant Star explores the Temporal Location of the Radiant Star, a source of both conflict and hope for the people of Ooioiaa. However, the imperial Radch view it merely as an inconvenience, seeing it as an antiquated religious site soon to be absorbed into their own, superior culture. Yet, local politics are complicated, and the Radch have made one last concession: one last man will be allowed to join the mummified bodies in the temporal location to become a "living saint".

This decision will have rippling effects across every part of the city. Amidst a slowly worsening food shortage, riots, and a communication blackout from the rest of the Radch Empire, a religious savant will entertain visions of his own sainthood, a socialite will discover zer comfortable life upended, and a young man sold into servitude will find an unlikely escape.