Book guide
The Twice-Drowned Saint
In an ice-walled city ruled by monstrous angels, a secret saint must choose between escape and sacrifice.
GenresFantasy
Genre and trope pairingsFantasyHidden identity
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About The Twice-Drowned Saint
Gelethel is sealed behind impassable ice walls and ruled by fourteen angels who meet citizens’ needs while punishing blasphemy and forbidding escape. Ishtu, secretly bound to the angel Alizar, must get her ill parents out when refugee Betony appears as Alizar’s official saint.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- body horror
- death
- murder
- human sacrifice
- torture
- police brutality
- confinement
- suicide
- suicide attempt
- xenophobia
- dementia
- grief
- religious bigotry
- fire and burn injuries
- war
- graphic injuries
- gore
- terminal illness
- vomiting
- cannibalism
- classism
- deportation
- spiritual possession
