Fetter was raised to kill honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy. He walked among invisible powers devils and antigods that mock the mortal form. He learned a lethal catechism lost his shadow and gained a habit for secrecy. After a bloodsoaked childhood Fetter escaped his rural hometown for the big city and fell into a broader world where divine destinies are a dime a dozen. Everything in Luriat is more than it seems. Group therapy is recruitment for a revolutionary cadre. Junk hints at the arrival of a god. Every door is laden with potential and once closed may never open again. The city is scattered with Bright Doors looming portals through which a cold wind blows. In this unknowable metropolis Fetter will discover what kind of man he is and his discovery will rewrite the world.