[The Book of the New Sun 01] • L'épée du Licteur

Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings 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 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, journeying to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est. This edition contains all four volumes: The Shadow of the Torturer, The Claw of the Conciliator, The Sword of the Lictor The Citadel of the Autarch