Shadow and Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun (New Sun, #1)

by Gene Wolfe

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The Book of the New Sun is unanimously acclaimed as Gene Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis by Publishers Weekly.

Shadow & Claw
brings together the first two books of the tetralogy in one volume:

The Shadow of the Torturer 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.

Ursula K. Le Guin said, Magic stuff . . . a masterpiece . . . the best science fiction I've read in years!

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.

One of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century. -- The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

  • ISBN10 0312890176
  • ISBN13 9780312890179
  • Publish Date 15 October 1994
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 July 2011
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Tor Books
  • Edition 5th ed.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 413
  • Language English