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Exodus from the Long Sun (Book of the Long Sun)

Series: Book of the Long Sun
Volume: 4
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 0812539052
Pages: 448 pages
Publisher: Tor Books
Price: 6.99
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Exodus from the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

Description: Wolfe's recent multi-volume novels have invited interpretation as religious allegory. In the "Book of the Long Sun," the fourth volume of which is Exodus From the Long Sun, religion is at least an inspirational starting point. This book is set on a starship, the Whorl, whose inhabitants have lost track of the fact that they are on a journey. Indeed their origins are mysterious to them, and the starship's vestigial communications system is understood to bring messages from unknown gods. One priest, Patera Silk, discovers the truth about the Whorl, and the gods his people worship. Silk must prepare his people for the revelation.