Mythopoeic Fantasy Award nominee 1997.
Patera Silk, a dedicated young augur of the decaying city of Viron, has made a pact with the wealthy, sinister Blood. In so doing, he finds that he has embarked upon a quest that begins to reveal to him the hidden secrets and true nature of his world, a huge starship illuminated and warmed by the artificial Long Sun.
Silk's searching takes him to Lake Limna and a shrine that conceals an entrance to the subsurface passages of the ship, to rooms that contain strange machines and and stranger beings, to rooms with windows...
The series
Set aboard a vast starship traveling for generations, The Book of the Long Sun is a masterpiece of science fiction. The series follows the story of Patera Silk, a priest who becomes a prophet as he learns about the nature of his world and the gods he serves.
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