num_pages: 448
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.
language: English
title: Exodus from the Long Sun
titlecomplete: Exodus from the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun #4)
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Religion, War, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Fantasy, Audiobook, 20th Century
ratings_count: 1221
series: The Book of the Long Sun, Solar Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
publisher: Tor Science Fiction