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Welcome to the City, a post-scarcity society without war or disease, ruled by benevolent AIs who are worshiped through rituals of sex and connection. How can a society function with no law, no police, and no hierarchy? When anything you could ever need is available from a Provider whenever you want, how do you find meaning or purpose? When a woman of the City breaks a promise to one of the gods, her decision has profound effects on other people, and she must find a way to atone for her transgression. We follow Tessia, who finds the eight-hour-long orgasms demanded as part of a ritual to the god called the Blesser aren't as wonderful as she thought; Avia, whose life goes in a new direction when Tessia is unable to live up to her commitment to the Blesser; Sayi, leader of the Confessory, whose job it is to accept the penalties for others' transgressions and offer them a path to atonement; and Yaeris, whose impulsive decision to participate in the Dance of Sacrifice to the Lady of Arts has consequences she didn't anticipate. Their lives wrap intimately around each other, in a complex story of transgression, atonement, forgiveness, and creation.
