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A major work of twentieth-century American literatureWolfe creates a truly alien social order that the reader comes to experience from withinonce into it, there is no stopping. The New York Times on The Book of the New Sun

Gene Wolfe has been called the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced by the Washington Post.

THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is unanimously acclaimed as Wolfes most remarkable work, hailed as a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis by Publishers Weekly and one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century by the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in this four-volume epic, the tale of young Severian, an apprentice to the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession- showing mercy toward his victim.

The Claw of the Conciliator continues the saga of Severian, banished from his home, as he undertakes a mythic quest to discover the awesome power of an ancient relic and learn the truth about his hidden destiny.

A masterpiecethe best science fiction Ive read in years! Ursula K. Le Guin

This new Tor Essentials edition of Shadow & Claw contains a new introduction by historian and novelist Ada Palmer, author of the award-winning Too Like the Lightning.

Author: Gene Wolfe
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 06/08/2021
Series: Book of the New Sun #1
Pages: 528
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781250781253
Language: English