Apostasy

**Apostasy** is the third novel and final of the Silent Trilogy, released on November 5th, 2021. It picks up after the events of Redemption.

Nineteen months after being stripped of their power, the Prophet is still chasing justice.

Rejecting the idea of living their life ignoring the conspiracies around them, the Prophet continues their fight against angels, demons and dainisa alike who would try to take what little they have left.

With new allies they’ve invited into their home, the Prophet has assisted in cultivating a plan to confront those in power with what they have done with that power.

But then Lao Yamaguchi shows up, claiming a loss of faith in the system, and a need for justice. Though everyone else appears to believe him, the Prophet is doubtful. So once again the Prophet investigates Lao, trying to find what happened to lead a once powerful and widely respected magical princess to need help from anyone.

As the Prophet investigates how closely Lao’s plan for justice matches their own, angels and demons alike are fixating on finding the dainisa known as ‘the Sun’. Dainisa say those who chase light should chase the brightest one, and the Prophet has to wonder: which light is worth chasing?

Apostasy is an urban fantasy about challenging your faith. It is the final book in the Silent Trilogy.

Content Warnings:

This book deals with a number of themes that may be upsetting or potentially triggering to readers with traumatic stress related illnesses. This may be exasperated by its use of real world settings and events. For a broad summary of content warnings, please visit https://silent-trilogy.com/apostasy-content-warnings/

1. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Apostasy-Silent-Trilogy-Book-3-ebook/dp/B09L1RWC6Y?ref\_=ast\_author\_dp

## Trivia

* This book was dedicated to '*Those who followed me here*', a reference to the long history publication and release difficulties the Silent Trilogy suffered.
* This book was originally planned to be released April 17th 2021, but was delayed due to the author's poor health. It was then planned to be released on August 11th 2021, but delayed again due to ongoing health problems. Sues has since explained she was being treated for psychotic episodes related to schizotypal personality disorder, a diagnosis she shares with Arez Smythe.
* Sues has also shares a diagnosis with Athena Smythe.
* November 5th is the date Nova claimed to be his birthday, but in this book, it's revealed he was actually born on August 11th and lied to avoid jyji finding his birth records.
* The original ending was a darker one, where Carmen and Crow would become stuck in Heaven. Sues changed it, explaining, "I’d jumped to the conclusion that I needed a big sacrifice to make the ending believable, due to nothing more than the way people talk about fiction with happy endings... So I have been really concerned that people would consider the ending too deus ex machina-ish, too unearned, all that stuff people love to throw around to talk about endings that aren’t bittersweet or sad. I was, if anything, too concerned about it to really commit to the themes of the series. The way I see it now, there could be no other ending."
* When he was telling Arez about the could-have-been, Lao painted Arez’s nails a black and red gradient.
* Lao and Arez watched 100 episodes of Naruto together before Lao couldn’t handle it any more.
* Athena usually plays PUBG and Fortnite.
* Nova’s thesis title was ‘*Preserving Lost Tales: Exploring the Practice of Oral History in Minority Communities*’.
* Nova’s favourite flowers are morning glories.
* Originally, Carmen's response to the Prophet was a full retelling of the entire story so far. This was changed to a shorter response to be more in-character and less repetitive.

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.patreon.com/posts/some-apostasy-59893256