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{{Short description|2001 novel by Ken MacLeod}}
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[[File:DarkLight.jpg|thumb|First edition (publ. [[Orbit Books]])<br />Cover artist: Lee Gibbons]]
'''''Dark Light''''' is a [[science fiction]] novel by Scottish writer [[Ken MacLeod]], published in 2001.
It is the second book in the [[Engines of Light Trilogy]] and a 2002 nominee for the Campbell Award.<ref name="WWE-2002">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2002
| title = 2002 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| accessdate=2012-09-29
}}</ref>
The novel continues the plot from ''[[Cosmonaut Keep]]'', but this time is set on the "Second Sphere", a number of clustered solar systems artificially seeded with intelligent life forms by a mysterious and transcendent alien species. Within this system, the main character, Matt Cairns, develops a form of interstellar travel and sets out to discover the motivation of the aliens.<ref name="WWE-Dark Light">{{cite web
| url = https://www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?ID=403
| title = Dark Light
| work = Worlds Without End
| accessdate=2012-09-29
}}</ref>
==Literary significance and reception==
''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' had a mixed review for the novel saying:
{{blockquote|This middle book in what will be at least a trilogy doesn't stand well on its own, so readers are advised to begin with Cosmonaut Keep. The novel features several interesting alien species, some fascinating speculations on the relationship between sex and gender, and MacLeod's trademark mix of radical socialist and libertarian politics. Both novels are worth reading but not quite up to the high mark established by his previous series, The Fall Revolution.<ref name="Zaleski">{{cite journal|last=Zaleski|first=Jeff|author2=Peter Cannon|date=December 24, 2001|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume= 248|issue= 52|title=Dark Light|pages=47}}</ref>}}
==References==
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==External links==
*{{isfdb title|id=22814|title=Dark Light}}
* [http://www.worldswithoutend.com/novel.asp?ID=403 Dark Light] at Worlds Without End
[[Category:2001 British novels]]
[[Category:2001 science fiction novels]]
[[Category:Libertarian science fiction books]]
[[Category:Novels about extraterrestrial life]]
[[Category:Novels by Ken MacLeod]]
[[Category:Orbit Books books]]