I picked up the Into Shadow short story collection from Amazon because it has stories from several authors I’ve read before, and definitely looked like the subject matter was in my wheelhouse. This is the third I’ve read – I liked the prior two, but this one really spoke to me.
This is the story of a nameless girl very much like Joan of Arc, who has a saint come to her, and uses the advice of that saint to help her prince win his throne. And then the story gets good. I would be spoiling it by saying any more, but it was just such a good story, and had such a satisfying ending.