On Blue's Waters

BOOK SERIES

The Book of the Short Sun

Gene Wolfe

3 main books1 additional works

The Book of the Short Sun takes place in the years after Wolfe's four-volume Book of the Long Sun. Horn, the narrator of the earlier work, now tells his own story. Though life is hard on the newly settled planet of Blue, Horn and his family have made a decent life for themselves. But Horn is the only one who can locate the great…

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The Book of the Short Sun takes place in the years after Wolfe's four-volume Book of the Long Sun. Horn, the narrator of the earlier work, now tells his own story. Though life is hard on the newly settled planet of Blue, Horn and his family have made a decent life for themselves. But Horn is the only one who can locate the great leader Silk, and convince him to return to Blue and lead them all to prosperity.

Parent series: Solar Cycle

Books in the series

Books in reading order

On Blue's Waters#1 · 1999In Green's Jungles#2 · 2000Return to the Whorl#3 · 2001

Additional works

The Book of the Short Sun2001

SERIES PUBLICATIONS

Publication timeline

Main-series books by publication year. Unconfirmed TBA dates are excluded.

1999–20013 dated main books