Bright to the Point of Dying

Set in a pre-Christian, rationalist Greece, Bright to the Point of Dying follows Agnes Mitrovic Vods, a forty-one-year-old builder who mistrusts gods but believes in work. When a star-fed despot begins unmaking cities, Agnes discovers a chrysalis harboring a Fairy of Life. To stop an apocalyptic sky, she trades her years so the Fairy can confront the Starlord. What follows is a war of constellations and craft, where courage is measured in bucket lines and blueprints, and salvation looks like a woman who chooses to burn bright enough to relight a world. Read more