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Dark is the sun

by Philip José Farmer

On a dying Earth fifteen billion years in the future, a young tribesman and his companions journey across a primitive landscape to recover a stolen artefact. Their search leads to an extraterrestrial being who holds the key to escaping the planet's final collapse.

Accession 35644 ISBN 0345276841 Publisher Del Rey Books (Firm), Ballantine Books (Firm)
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