The Saint of Bright Doors
core novel 2023 The Saint of Bright Doors
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.63 (7,984 ratings, collected 2026-09-15) |
| Page count | 356 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250847409 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Saint of Bright Doors, published by Vajra Chandrasekera in 2023, follows Fetter, a man raised from childhood by his mother and trained obsessively to one day assassinate his own absent father, a charismatic cult leader revered by his followers as something close to a messiah. Rejecting the violent purpose his upbringing was built around, Fetter flees to the mysterious city of Luriat to start a new life away from his mother's plans, in a world that blends recognizably modern technology with open, unpredictable supernatural forces. Luriat is dotted with sealed, inexplicable bright doors that no one can open, and as Fetter settles into the city and its underground community of similarly displaced people, he is drawn back toward his past and toward unsettling secrets about the reality-altering power his father is said to wield.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Saint of Bright Doors
- Series: The Saint of Bright Doors core; position 1 of 1 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Vajra Chandrasekera
Awards (verified)
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2023: won
- William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (First Book of Fantasy Fiction), 2024: won; Confirmed via Locus, File 770, and the author's own site; the primary IAFA (fantastic-arts.org) 2024 announcement page could not be independently reloaded.
- Hugo Award (Best Novel), 2024: nominated
Notes
- From the series record (The Saint of Bright Doors): Standalone novel; a man raised to be an assassin-messiah drifts through a city of literal doors leading nowhere. Vajra Chandrasekera's first universe in this canon.
Sources
- SFWA Nebula Awards: The Saint of Bright Doors
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saint_of_Bright_Doors
- The Hugo Awards: 2024 Hugo Awards
- Locus: Chandrasekera Wins Crawford Award
- File 770: 2024 Crawford Award Winner
- Vajra Chandrasekera: The Saint of Bright Doors Wins the Crawford Award
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