NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Shortlisted for the 2024 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers A singular, stunning debut that transcends and transfigures genre--at once a bold retelling of biblical tales and an unforgettable contemporary coming-of-age story, connected in collapsing time across millennia. There are few love stories in the holy books. Love is what ruins. Love is what costs. Love is a flaming sword at our backs,...