The Light-Bearer is a novel by Sam Nicholson published in 1980.
The Light-Bearer is a novel in which Prince Zeid seeks to aid the Terrans who are helping the natives of his planet modernize.[1]
Greg Costikyan reviewed The Light-BearerinAres 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."[1]