The Saint of Bright Doors

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.


Genre: Fantasy

"Layered, lush and lyrical, at once wholly original and unmistakably South Asian. A fascinating debut from a thunderous talent." - Samit Basu

"A book that explores how marvellously and brutally humanity remakes the world." - Indrapramit Das

"Riveting, surreal, clever and wise and all-too real--a breathtaking achievement." - Max Gladstone

"I've never seen a fantasy world like this, and I've never met a hero like Fetter. Both will haunt me for a long, long time. Keeps on dropping bombs and surprises and brilliance and heartbreak to the very end." - Sam J Miller

"Weirder than Mieville, as deeply humane and philosophical as Le Guin, The Saint of Bright Doors is a tale of belief and myth and story and grief layered with the dense, brilliant luminosity of an oil painting." - Premee Mohamed

"By turns mythic and modern, The Saint of Bright Doors delivers a spellbinding labyrinth of mysteries... A hypnotic and intricate debut." - Sequoia Nagamatsu

"The Saint of Bright Doors will slip a knife into you the way only the best literature does. It's the kind of book that makes you a better thinker and a better feeler, even if it's at the cost of making you a little more haunted." - Natalia Theodoridou