By Light Alone

Adam Roberts

earliest edition we have, 2011 Gollancz, 2011 416 pages

In a world where we have been genetically engineered so that we can photosynthesise sunlight with our hair hunger is a thing of the past, food an indulgence. The poor grow their hair, the rich affect baldness and flaunt their wealth by still eating. But other hungers remain...The young daughter of an affluent New York family is kidnapped.

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By Light Alone edition · 2012 · Gollancz · 9780575083660
By Light Alone edition · 2011 · Gollancz · 416 pages · 9780575083646
By Light Alone A Novel Adam Roberts edition · 2011 · Gollancz · 9780575083653

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