We return to the world of Severian, now the Autarch of Urth, as he leaves the planet on one of the huge spaceships of the alien Hierodules to travel across time and space to face his greatest test, to become the legendary New Sun or die. The long awaited sequel to Gene WolfeвЂ™s four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. For a devouring blackness gnaws at the heart of the Old Sun, and the fate of Urth rests in the return of the Conciliator, the New Sun long foretold. Now all his travels move him inexorably toward a grander fate, a destiny that he dare not refuse. And he is hunted and driven by terrors from beyond Urth. The dwellers in the deep waters offer him a kingdom under the seas. He carries the great sword Terminus Est, the Line of Division. The Claw of the Conciliator, relic of a prophet and promise of a new age, flames to life in his hands. Exiled from his guild he is an outcast, but his travels are woven with strange portents. Severian the Torturer continues his epic journey across the lands of Urth, a journey as fraught with peril as it is with wonder. But Severian's journeying is not ended, and high in the Earth's ancient mountains he draws closer to his destiny. 3) The Sword of the LictorД«eneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax, the City of Windowless Rooms. Bizarre apes, strange cannibalistic rituals, and the foreigner named Jonas all lie in his future. Armed with his sword, Terminus Est, and the Claw, Severian continues his journey to Thrax, the city of his exile. Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be 'The Claw of the Conciliator', a powerful relic of the Master of Power, a legendary figure of mythic proportions. 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.

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. Young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, has been exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession-showing mercy toward his victim. This e-bundle includes: The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor, The Citadel of the Autarch, The Urth of the New Sun.

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