Days of Starlight

by Craig Harrison

Set in the near future this is a thriller from the author of The Quiet Earth. When a team of research geologists at a remote American base in Antarctica discover a two metre-long silicon crystal, their attempts to investigate its powers result in a startling conclusion of immense significance.

Hardcover

Published December 7, 1989

About the author

Craig Harrison is a fiction writer, playwright, and teacher. He has written several novels, short stories, plays, satirical works, and television comedies. His well known science fiction novel, The Quiet Earth, was published in 1981. Harrison has also written junior fiction, including The Dumpster Saga, published by Scholastic in 2007. His awards and prizes include the Elmwood Jubilee Prize, the J.C. Reid Award, and the NZ Theatre Federation prize. He came to New Zealand in 1966 to lecture in English at Massey University, where he remained until he retired.

Reviews

[Mark H · Rating 4 out of 5]

From the author of The Quiet Earth is this sci-fi set in the near future in an underground research base under Antarctica. The discovery of a large mysterious crystal leads to trouble as the scientists try to find out its secrets.
Hard scientific detail, solid characters, realistic political and military logic, this is a well-researched mystery based on a great premise.
Weird that the story didn’t even seen to have a paperback edition anywhere.