num_pages: 281
description: Human Marcus Walker leads speech-augmented mutt George, cephalopod Sque, and gigantic poet Barouk homeward. Peaceful rodent-like Hyffians ask for arms against invading Iollth. At each planet, they must prove their "civilization", whether by poetry or battle, and ask directions onward. The last combat faces the original alien Vilanjji Pret-Klob.
language: English
title: The Candle of Distant Earth
titlecomplete: The Candle of Distant Earth (The Taken Trilogy)
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Space Opera, Aliens, Humor, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Fantasy
ratings_count: 504
series: Taken Trilogy
publisher: Del Rey