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The Shadow of the Torturer
Published 1980 by Simon & Schuster · 303 pages
Nebula · 1981
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13 award entries · 10 books · 1 wins · 1981–2005
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Synopsis
Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers, is exiled for showing mercy to a prisoner. He leaves the guild and enters the decaying cities of a far-future Earth under a dying sun.
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Details
- Series
- The Book of the New Sun · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780671253257