by David Weber
Part of Safehold, book 10
First published 2019
The war has ended, but Merlin knows the quiet won't hold. The cybernetic avatar watches as Charis pushes forward with dangerous industrialization while old enemies regroup across the broken world of Safehold. Fresh alliances form between the human colonies, yet beneath the surface, ancient secrets stir. The Church of God's Awaiting may be defeated, but its radical followers haven't forgotten their cause. As Charis races to modernize the planet, international tensions mount. The small island nation faces resistance from those who still reject advanced technology. Merlin must navigate shifting loyalties and emerging threats while protecting humanity's precarious progress. Long-buried prophecies surface, threatening to unravel everything they've fought to build. The future of human civilization hangs in the balance as old wounds refuse to heal and new conflicts emerge from the ashes of the holy war.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, action, alternate-history
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, shifting-loyalties
Setting: Charis, Safehold
Period: post-war
752 pages · Hardcover · Tor Books
Content warnings: violence