num_pages: 320
description: Set in Resnick's far future, where humankind has long spread out through the galaxy and there are as many alien races as there are planets suitable for colonization, Purgatory is a hard look at how many ways an advanced civilization can misunderstand a "primitive" race. Tor.
language: English
title: Purgatory: A Chronicle of a Distant World
titlecomplete: Purgatory: A Chronicle of a Distant World
genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 173
series: Galactic Comedy, Birthright
publisher: Tor Books