The Necessity of Rain by Sarah Chorn

It begins with a butterfly in chains. Since the dawn of time, life has been comfortable and predictable. The gods have wrested pockets of Creation from Chaos, formed civilizations, and built entire realities. Now, the nature of Creation is changing and the Divine are losing their divinity. Rosemary, daughter of the God of Creation, can no longer deny this when a strange delegation from Dawnland braves the paths through Chaos and survives. Come to negotiate trade and protection agreements with the Divine of Meadowsweet, it is the butterfly woman who so captivates Rosemary. The weight of her sorrow, the heaviness of her secrets. For the soul is a battleground. Clouds are massing along the horizon, and Rosemary... She must survive the storm.

Adult • Diversity Representation/Disability/Own Voices • Diversity Representation/Own Voices • Literary Fiction • Fantasy/Epic and High • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+

Content Warning: anxiety, panic attacks, death of a parent, loss of home due to war/bombing, emotionally abusive parent, fantasy dementia/Alzheimers, lesbophobia/lesbomisia