A sheltered nun who weaves sin into flesh and her surly knight are tasked to find an ancient relic.
The only life Ethel has ever known was a simple one, swaddled in the warm comforts of her convent and cared for by her many sisters, who, like her, have sworn to live holy lives by washing their sins away through stitching their transgressions into their very own flesh.
But when her convent sends her on a pilgrimage to the fabled ruins of Babel to recover an ancient artifact belonging to the church, Ethel finds herself traveling with Caiem, a surly knight with a questionable past, appointed as her warder. Together, they journey through mysterious lands she never dreamed existed, challenging her long-held notions of how the world truly works.
Troubled by the machinations of meddling fae, conspiring cultists, and restless spirits that refuse to pass on to the afterlife, will Ethel and her warder make it to Babel unharmed—with their bodies and faith intact?
