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The Book of the Short Sun
Belongs to Solar Cycle series.
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.
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Books in The Book of the Short Sun (total 4)
| 1999 On Blue's Waters, #1 | science fiction | ![]() |
| 2000 In Green's Jungles, #2 | science fiction | ![]() |
| 2001 Return to the Whorl, #3 | science fiction | ![]() |
| 2001 The Book of the Short Sun | science fiction, collection | ![]() |

