num_pages: 458
description: Living on the Borderer town in what had once been northern Africa, Father John, a priest who has lost his faith but continues to help and befriend the people he encounters, investigates a cluster of myeloid leukemia deaths, falls in love, and struggles to make peace with the pain of loss. A first novel.
language: English
title: The Great Wheel
titlecomplete: The Great Wheel
genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction
ratings_count: 55
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Harcourt