Rites of Passage
3.0 Stars
5-15-2025

Better! A decent enough action-investigation, and in particular I liked the ending where the Navigator is forced to Navigate in decidedly more personal terms. I also liked that the author eventually answered the question of "Why does this horribly effective ritual not happen more often?" by saying that "attempting to learn the ritual requires extreme qualifications, and even then the learning process kills 99% of the attemptees.". Ok, your lore checks out.