Radiant Star by Ann Leckie

They want sainthood, he wants freedom and belonging, sie wants protection and safety for a loved one, while she simply wants everything to stop going horribly wrong. A delightful return to the Imperial Raadch universe in which Leckie shows us a small corner of the Raadch Empire during events previously detailed in the original trilogy. Lots of politicking and Raachai incomprehension in the face of local customs. Plenty of genders, accompanied this time by a variety of religious practices. I took my time with this to savour it, and my only quibble (this is me problem) is that, unusually for a Leckie work, I failed to find a character to glom on to and adore unabashedly. ★★★☆☆