Shadow of the Torturer, the (1980) [Novel]
by Gene Wolfe
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Series: Urth: Book of the New Sun
Part: 1
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Summary
(From the publisher):
The Earth is old and the sun is dying. In the great Citadel of the City Imperishable, Severian, apprentice to the torturers' guild, betrays his oath. Exiled, Severian begins his phantasmagoric odyssey through the dark and perilous world of the deep, distant future.
Original title: The Shadow of the Torturer
Original languages:
English
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Genre: Fiction→ Fantasy→ Sword and Sorcery
Fiction→ Science Fiction→ World Versions→ End Times
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Shadow and Claw (1994) [Omnibus Volume]
Author: Gene Wolfe
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