The Light-Bearer

The Light-Bearer is a novel by Sam Nicholson published in 1980.

Plot summary
The Light-Bearer is a novel in which Prince Zeid seeks to aid the Terrans who are helping the natives of his planet modernize.

Reception
Greg Costikyan reviewed The Light-Bearer in Ares Magazine #5 and commented that "The Light Bearer is light sf/fantasy adventure, and very cleanly written; it reminds one of nothing so much as Sprague DeCamp's Krishna series."

Reviews

 * Review by Douglas E. Winter (1980) in Fantasy Newsletter, No. 28 September 1980
 * Review by Tom Easton (1980) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1980