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The Book of the New Sun, Volume 2: Sword and Citadel
| Author: | Gene Wolfe |
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Gollancz, 2000 |
| Series: | The Book of the New Sun - Fantasy Masterworks: Book 2 |
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1. The Book of the New Sun, Volume 1 |
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| Book Type: | Omnibus |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction / Fantasy |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Dying Earth Science-Fantasy Alternate/Parallel Universe |
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Synopsis
Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun is an extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways, in a time when our present culture is no longer even a memory.
Severian, the central character, is a torturer, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his victims, and journeying to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est.
This edition contains the second two volumes of this four volume novel, The Sword of the Lictor and The Citadel of the Autarch.
This book has recently been re-printed as part of the SF Masterworks series - see the new image below.
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