The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)

Gene Wolfe


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3.62 · 29 ratings · 262 pages · Published: 27 May 1980

The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
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 his subsequent journey out of his home city of Nessus.

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