Far from the Light of Heaven

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This tense and thrilling novel is an unforgettable vision of humanity's future in the chilling emptiness of space by Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson.The colony ship Rag time docks in the Lagos system, having traveled light-years from home to bring thousands of sleeping souls to safety among the stars. Some of the sleepers, however, will never wake. As a profound and sinister mystery unfolds aboard the gigantic vessel, its skeleton crew makes decisions that will have repercussions for all of humanity's settlements—from the scheming politics on Lagos station to the colony planet of Bloodroot, to other far-flung systems, and indeed Earth itself. Show more