Night Lamp

Against the backdrop of the Gaean Reach, the widely populated region of space where the full diversity of human development is revealed, the story of Jaro Fath unfolds: from wildling orphan to spaceship captain, a tale of adventure and discovery wittily told.

Jaro''s life is directed by an inner voice he cannot account for . . . until he returns to Kammerwelt, described in The Handbook of the Plan...