Book of the New Sun

4 primary works

The Shadow of the Torturer

by Gene Wolfe

Published 1 May 1981

The first volume of The Book of the New Sun. The Earth is old and the sun is dying. In the great Citadel of the City Imperishable, Severian - apprentice to the torturer's guild - betrays his oath. Exiled, he begins his phantasmagoric odyssey through the perilous world of the deep, distant future.

The Claw of the Conciliator

by Gene Wolfe

Published 1 January 1981

The Sword of the Lictor

by Gene Wolfe

Published 1 January 1981

The Citadel of the Autarch

by Gene Wolfe

Published 1 January 1983