The immortal crown : an age of X novel
(Book)

"Religious investigator Justin March and supersoldier Mae Koskinen ... are assigned to a diplomatic delegation headed by Lucian Darling, Justin's old friend and rival, going into Arcadia, the RUNA's dangerous neighboring country. Here, in a society where women are commodities and religion is intertwined with government, Justin discovers powerful forces at work, even as he struggles to come to terms with his own reluctantly acquired deity. Meanwhile, Mae, grudgingly posing as Justin's concubine, has a secret mission of her own: finding the illegitimate niece her family smuggled away years ago. But with Justin and Mae resisting the resurgence of the gods in Arcadia, a reporter's connection with someone close to Justin back home threatens to expose their mission, and with it the divine forces the government is determined to keep secret"--,Provided by publisher.