![]() Some of them are attempting to get away from the authoritarian government, to escape conflict, and the ravages of past conflicts. The sisters are traveling through space, administering to the various refugee and colonist communities who have spread through the stars. It is also set in an engaging, interesting version of the future. This, for me, was a novella ultimately about secrets: the secrets we tell ourselves, and those we keep from others - especially those who are close to us. And not from void beyond, but from the nascent Central Governance and the Church itself. When the order receives a distress call from a newly-formed colony, the sisters discover that the bodies and souls in their care - and that of the galactic diaspora - are in danger. Now, the sisters of the Order of Saint Rita are on an interstellar mission of mercy aboard Our Lady of Impossible Constellations, a living, breathing ship which seems determined to develop a will of its own. Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with crucifixes and iron faith. ![]() ![]() ![]() The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita captain their living ship into the reaches of spaceā¦ An intriguing sci-fi story of secrets and survival ![]()
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