An edition of The Shadow of the Torturer
(1980)
The shadow of the torturer
[Book Club edition.]
by Gene Wolfe
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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.
Publish Date
1980
Publisher
Timescape Books,
distributed by Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Pages
276
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