West of January
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West of January | |
Author | Dave Duncan |
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Language | English |
Genre(s) | Fantasy novel |
Publication date | 1989 (1st edition) |
Media type | Print (Trade paperback & Paperback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0-345-35836-8 (1st edition) |
West of January is a fantasy novel by Dave Duncan. The book won the 1990 Aurora Award (Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy) for Best Long-Form Work in English.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel is set on a world called Vernier, on which the cycle of day and night lasts two hundred years. It describes the journey of discovery of Knobil, a herdsman born on the grasslands of Vernier.