A Killing in Souls,

Scymadie Third-Gen is a monk sent on a mission to investigate the spiritual implications of “homifacts,” people transformed into dreaming statues. No one knows who or what made them, or why. Scy must survive a violent rush to claim these preserved souls, but she’s not interested in profit, or even her order’s metaphysical pursuit. She’s a closeted physicist. She suspects homifacts have something profound—and non-mystical—to tell her about the universe.