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Nightside the Long Sun
Published 1993 by Tor Books · 333 pages
Nebula · 1994
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13 award entries · 10 books · 1 wins · 1981–2005
Synopsis
Patera Silk, a young priest aboard the generation starship Whorl, receives a divine revelation from a mysterious deity called the Outsider. Charged with saving his parish from being sold to a local crime lord, Silk embarks on a quest that draws him into the political and spiritual intrigues of a vast, enclosed world whose inhabitants have forgotten they live inside a ship.
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Details
- Series
- Book of the Long Sun · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780312852078