The novel “The Longest Way Home” by Robert Silverberg was published for the first time in 2002.

Joseph Keilloran is a teenager heir of a Great House of the Masters who rule Homeworld but everything changes for him while he’s the guest of another Great House, thousands of kilometers from his home. One night, a rebellion of the Folk overthrows the government of Masters and Joseph can barely escape.

After some failed attempts to communicate with the outside, Joseph can only flee to avoid being killed. He doesn’t know how widespread is the rebellion and could be forced to travel thousands of kilometers to get back to his home. His only hope is that his relatives are still alive and must rely on help from the Indigenes and other species native to Homeworld such as the strange Noctambulos.