Seat of the Fifth God by Simon Woodhouse
Recently-widowed Dr. Edarna Sooca has heard the legend of the Spiral Chair. A thousand years before, five gods visited the lonely planet of Bodarium and gave the Spiral Chair as a gift to the people there, the Amorphar. The icon became a symbol of hope and salvation until Serlham Slave Raiders stripped the planet of all life and ended Amorphar civilisation. Haunted by the death of her husband, Dr. Sooca desperately longs for something to make her life feel relevant…
