Shadow of the Torturer

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Gene Wolfe: Shadow of the Torturer (Paperback, 1984, Pocket)

Paperback

English language

Published June 3, 1984 by Pocket.

ISBN:
978-0-671-54066-1
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The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. It is the tale of young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession -- showing mercy toward his victim -- and follows subsequent journey out of his home city of Nessus.

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Subjects

  • Science Fiction - General
  • Fiction / Science Fiction / General
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Science Fiction