A work of speculative fiction, Deity recounts university graduate Jamie Sefton’s chance entry into politics in the tiny European city-state Bresána. Born into a storied aristocratic family that renounced its hereditary Senate seat in the 19th century, Jamie defies the objections of his family to accept an internship at an obscure government ministry. Within months of entering the Capitol, however, he finds himself being recruited to claim his family’s place in the Senate and, ultimately, to decide the fate of Bresána’s most powerful man, Consul Tiberius Law. Coming of age in a society obsessed with status and burdened by ancient tradition, Jamie must render judgment on his powerful patron even as he takes the measure of himself. Deity is at once a story of courage and cowardice and an exploration of class, power, and religion in the 21st century.