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Shadow of the Torturer, The

By: Timescape Books

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Fiction Books (Timescape Books)

Last Stocked on 8/10/2024

Product Info

Title
Shadow of the Torturer, The
Publisher
Author
Gene Wolfe
Publish Year
1980
Pages
274
Dimensions
6x9x1"
NKG Part #
2148177182
Type
Hardcover

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.