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Dying of the Light
Published 1977 by Simon & Schuster · 365 pages
Hugo · 1978
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7 award entries · 6 books · 0 wins · 1978–2012
Synopsis
On the rogue planet Worlorn, drifting irreversibly away from its suns into cold darkness, a man named Dirk t'Larien answers a desperate call from his former lover and arrives to find a dying world of empty cities and clashing alien cultures. Entangled in the violent honor codes of the Kavalar warriors and haunted by a love he cannot reclaim, Dirk must navigate betrayal and bloodshed as the planet itself expires around him.
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