The Shadow of the Torturer

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.

status	Copy #1 (8183): in
genre	Fantasy » Epic Fantasy
publisher	Timescape
publish date	1980
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