In which a convent of nuns of the Holy Order, aboard an organically grown and living spaceship, travel across the far reaches of space, and respond to a distress beacon that will challenge their beliefs and promises. In a lot of ways, this novella is really interesting, and certainly the central conceit is one that is ripe for exploration. In other ways, this would have been a lot more successful as part of a larger collection of stories where its limitations, weakness, and mostly derivative […]