I Read Stories: Fear Death By Water by Arkady Martine

Fear Death By Water by Arkady Martine in The Deadlands

“Here’s the trick. For a ritual to work, everyone involved has to believe it’s real.” Yllia, imperator, first of her name, rules over a galactic empire. And because of this, and because no one can say no to her she must die.

But before that we have to know why no one can say no and why she must die.

Read This: For a meditation on death and sacrifice and tyranny
Don’t Read This: We know she will die and why from the start