Dawn

by Dean McLaughlin

In the city of Center, Isak, a young scribe, has realised that soon a time of darkness will come. To the corrupt and slothful theocratic powers that hold sway over the populace such knowledge is preposterous, and a threat to their position.

307 pages, Hardcover

First published November 5, 2006

About the author

Dean Benjamin McLaughlin Jr., published as Dean McLaughlin and occasionally Dean Maclaughlin, is a Hugo- and Nebula-Award nominated author of science fiction, and the son of astronomer Dean B. McLaughlin.

Reviews

[Paul Berman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately, this book did not deliver. I was expecting more of an expansion of the world from Isaac Asimov's Nightfall, but aside from the world itself, there was nothing related to Nightfall. Instead, it was more a novel of religious beliefs and dogma vs scientific discovery, with a world roughly equivalent to about 15th century Europe. Had the book been described this way, I probably would not have read it, but I would give it a rating of 3 stars instead.