num_pages: 370
description: Gene Wolfe's Nightside the Long Sun launched the magisterial four-volume The Book of the Long Sun. Now the great tale continues in Caldé of the Long Sun. The young, god-inspired Silk, caught in a bloody web of politics and revolution, must fight against the machinations of the shadowy group that rules the city of Viron. The forces of other cities of the great spaceship, The Whorl, become involved. And the mysterious gods start to manifest themselves on all sides, a dysfunctional family of superpowerful beings each of whom can take possession of anyone at any time.
language: English
title: Caldé of the Long Sun
titlecomplete: Caldé of the Long Sun (The Book of the Long Sun, #3)
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Religion, War, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels, Fantasy, Audiobook, 20th Century
ratings_count: 1443
series: The Book of the Long Sun, Solar Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
publisher: Tor Science Fiction