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The Shadow of the Torturer

262 pages
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Published: 1 May 1980
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ISBN: 9780671540661

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Pocket Books

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Description

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.