Lake of the Long Sun
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...
Gene Wolfe
Gene Rodman Wolfe (1931-2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short-story writer and novelist and won many science fiction and fantasy literary awards.
Wolfe is best known for his Book of the New Sun series (four volumes, 1980–83), the first part of his "Solar Cycle". In 1998, Locus magazine ranked it the third-best fantasy novel published before 1990 based on a poll of subscribers that considered it and several other series as single entries.
The Book of the Long Sun
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.
The Book of the Long Sun consists of four books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
Main series Solar Cycle
Related series The Book of the Long Sun (omnibus editions)
