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A Jesuit leads an expedition to investigate singing emanating from a planet. So are discovered the Runa, intelligent beings, but undernourished. The explorers fix that and a population explosion follows, attracting space-age cannibals who start eating them. The explorers are killed, except for the Jesuit who tells the tale.

A tale of missionary work in space featuring Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit priest on the planet Rakhat. He becomes involved in a revolt by the enslaved Runa against the ruling kangaroo-like Jana'ata. A sequel to The Sparrow.

The story begins in 1931 at a seminary in Maryland. There, a 35-year-old Jesuit named Ulanov receives an urgent summons that neither he nor anyone around him can ignore -- though his superior wants him to defy it. The summons comes from Rome. From his Eminence Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli. On behalf of His Holiness, Pope Pius XI.

"In Dark Debts, Karen Hall masterfully combines southern gothic, romantic comedy, and mystery in a wildly original theological thriller that has become a cult favorite since being published twenty years ago. In this new anniversary edition, the author has reimagined her work. The result is a suspenseful, irreverent, and deeply spiritual novel that captivates from the very beginning and doesn't let go. When Randa, a reporter for an alternative newspaper...