Night Lamp
Against the backdrop of the Gaean Reach, the widely populated region of space where the full diversity of human development is revealed, the story of Jaro Fath unfolds: from wildling orphan to spaceship captain, a tale of adventure and discovery wittily told. Jaro's life is directed by an inner voice he cannot account for . . . until he returns to Kammerwelt, described in The Handbook of the Planets as the fourth world in the entourage of Robert Palmer's Star, drifting in a far-flung sector of the galaxy known as the Dragon's Maw. Jaro is haunted by memories of his dead mother's terror, and he is about to find out why . . .
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- Year
- 2015
- ISBN-13
- 9781473208933
- Genre
- Science FictionFiction
- Topics
- Space opera adventureIdentity and self-discoveryComing of age
Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1997)
If you liked Night Lamp, you could also like these
The Face
Jack Vance
0 wins · 2 score
Ports of Call
Jack Vance
0 wins · 2 score
Jack of Shadows
Roger Zelazny
0 wins · 3 score
The Book of Dreams
Jack Vance
0 wins · 2 score
Ecce and Old Earth
Jack Vance
0 wins · 2 score
There Is No Darkness
Joe Haldeman, Jack C. Haldeman II
0 wins · 2 score
Doorways in the Sand
Roger Zelazny
0 wins · 6 score
Dark Lightning
John Varley
0 wins · 2 score
Mindbridge
Joe Haldeman
0 wins · 3 score
Wizard
John Varley
0 wins · 5 score
Labyrinth of Night
Allen Steele
0 wins · 2 score
Radix
A. A. Attanasio
0 wins · 5 score
The Voices of Heaven
Frederik Pohl
0 wins · 2 score
Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl
Jack Vance
0 wins · 2 score
The Sunless Countries
Karl Schroeder
0 wins · 2 score
Similar Topics
Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak
Charlie Jane Anders
1 win · 8 score
Coming of ageIdentity and self-discovery
Can You Tolerate This?
Ashleigh Young
0 wins · 4 score
Coming of ageIdentity and self-discovery
Dominicana
Angie Cruz
0 wins · 4 score
Coming of ageIdentity and self-discovery
Every Bird a Prince
Jenn Reese
0 wins · 3 score
Identity and self-discoveryComing of age
Child of the River
Paul J. McAuley
0 wins · 2 score
Identity and self-discoveryComing of age
The Tombs of Atuan
Ursula K. Le Guin
0 wins · 2 score
Identity and self-discoveryComing of age
When We Were Animals
Joshua Gaylord
0 wins · 2 score
Coming of ageIdentity and self-discovery
Milkman
Anna Burns
3 wins · 44 score
Coming of age
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
3 wins · 36 score
Coming of age
The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen
2 wins · 32 score
Identity and self-discovery
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
2 wins · 32 score
Coming of age
Uprooted
Naomi Novik
4 wins · 29 score
Coming of age
Among Others
Jo Walton
3 wins · 28 score
Coming of age
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Junot Díaz
2 wins · 28 score
Coming of age
The Reformatory
Tananarive Due
4 wins · 28 score
Coming of age