J.P. Targete Sharon Shinn Sharon Shinn's previous novels include The Shapechanger's Wife , Archangel and Jovah's Angel . She is a 1996 John W. Campbell Award nominee, and winner of the 1996 IAFA Fantasy Award.
Some books simply defy easy categorization into a genre.
This group definitely includes Sharon Shinn's latest effort, Wrapt in Crystal . Set in the future on a distant planet, it is, at heart, a murder mystery. He is sent to Semay, a planet not part of Interfed, to help them investigate a series of murders of priestesses. Interfed hopes that solving the murders will help convince Semay to join the federation, so Drake is under immediate pressure. All of Semay worships a goddess named Ava, but there are two radically different sects.