# The Candle of Distant Earth

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- Authors: [Alan Dean Foster](https://www.bookquiver.com/alan-dean-foster)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2013-05-31

## Description

Marcus Walker, a former hotshot commodities broker, and a wisecracking dog named George, who has been speech-enhanced to increase his market value, have escaped their alien Vilenjji captors, who saw the two as cuddly extra-terrestrial " pets" to be sold for a hefty sum. But Walker hasn't a clue which way will lead him back home to Chicago. With the Vilenjji hot on his trail, Walker must pull off the impossible and pinpoint his needle of a solar system in the universal haystack. Will the unrelenting Vilenjji get to him before he reaches Wrigley Field? Yep, it's a wide-open universe out there, bursting with possibilities - and Walker's going to get hit with all of them.

## Editions

### The Candle of Distant Earth

- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7513-183-5
- Published: 2013-05-31
- Language: en_GB

### The Candle of Distant Earth

- Publisher: del_rey
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-4546-132-2
- Published: 2006-06-27
- Language: en_US