A mean-spirited prank against a chaste nun by one of her fellow sisters spirals into damnably pleasant ruin for an entire convent.

Directly follows The Blood of Whales Prologues. Anarres Keeps her head, Maggie loses her religion, and Dahlie gains a little sister.

A widowed military housewife (and good Christian woman) in a newly conquered suburb finds herself butting heads with the transfem supersoldier quartered in her home.