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The Shadow of the Torturer

Urth: Book of the New Sun, Book 1

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The Shadow of the Torturer

By: Gene Wolfe
Narrated by: James Lailey
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So begins one of the most celebrated stories in fantasy literature . . . packed full of mystery, deep themes and incredible prose, meet Severian the Torturer and follow him on his journey across the great world of Urth

Severian is a torturer, born to the guild and with an exceptionally promising career ahead of him...until he falls in love with one of his victims, a beautiful young noblewoman.

Her excruciations are delayed for some months and, out of love, Severian helps her commit suicide and escape her fate. For a torturer, there is no more unforgivable act. In punishment he is exiled from the guild and his home city to the distant metropolis of Thrax with little more than Terminus Est, a fabled sword, to his name.

Along the way he has to learn to survive in a wider world without the guild—a world in which he has already made both allies and enemies. And a strange gem is about to fall into his possession, which will only make his enemies pursue him with ever-more determination....

1981, John W. Campbell Memorial Award, Short-listed

1981, World Fantasy Award, Winner

1982, BSFA Award, Winner

©1980 Gene Wolfe (P)2021 Orion Publishing Group
Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Hard Science Fiction Literary Fiction Post-Apocalyptic
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