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First Light

First Light

First Light Paperback - 1996

by Ackroyd, Peter

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Grove Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title First Light
  • Author Ackroyd, Peter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition Th
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1996
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0802134815I4N00
  • ISBN 9780802134813 / 0802134815
  • Weight 0.99 lbs (0.45 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.19 x 6.13 x 0.94 in (23.34 x 15.57 x 2.39 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Ethnic Orientation: British
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Adventure stories, Excavations (Archaeology) - England
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

First Light begins with an ominous coincidence: the reappearance of the ancient night sky during the excavation of an astronomically aligned Neolithic grave in Dorset. A group of eccentrics -- archaeologists, astronomers, local rustics, a civil servant, and a stand-up comic -- converge on the site, disturbing the quiet seclusion of Pilgrin Valley. Someone (or something) is trying to sabotage the best efforts of the excavators, headed by Mark Clare, to unearth the dormant secrets of the burial ground. Meanwhile, at the nearby observatory, astronomer Damien Fall, his telescope focused on the red star Aldebaran, is unnerved by the deeper significance he imputes to the celestial sophistication of the region's ancient inhabitants. And Joey Hanover, a retired music hall and TV entertainer searching for his own past, has learned secrets from Farmer Mint and his son, Boy, the weirdly cryptic guardians of their ancestral home in the valley. All is masterfully woven into an immensely engaging and entertaining novel, a suspenseful reflection on life, nature, and the cosmos, and above all an illuminating and enchanting story.

First line

LET ME be drawn up into the immensity.

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  • New York Times, 11/03/1996, Page 28

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