Table of Contents

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THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER

I - Resurrection and Death

II - Severian

III - The Autarch’s Face

IV - Triskele

V - The Picture-Cleaner and Others

VI - The Master of the Curators

VII - The Traitress

VIII - The Conversationalist

IX - The House Azure

X - The Last Year

XI - The Feast

XII - The Traitor

XIII - The Lictor of Thrax

XIV - Terminus Est

XV - Baldanders

XVI - The Rag Shop

XVII - The Challenge

XVIII - The Destruction of the Altar

XIX - The Botanic Gardens

XX - Father Inire’s Mirrors

XXI - The Hut in the Jungle

XXII - Dorcas

XXIII - Hildegrin

XXIV - The Flower of Dissolution

XXV - The Inn of Lost Loves

XXVI - Sennet

XXVII - Is He Dead?

XXVIII - Carnifex

XXIX - Agilus

XXX - Night

XXXI - The Shadow of the Torturer

XXXII - The Play

XXXIII - Five Legs

XXXIV - Morning

XXXV - Hethor

THE CLAW OF THE CONCILIATOR

I - The Village of Saltus

II - The Man in the Dark

III - The Showman’s Tent

IV - The Bouquet

V - The Bourne

VI - Blue Light

VII - The Assassins

VIII - The Cultellarii

IX - The Liege of Leaves

XI - Thecla

XII - The Notules

XIII - The Claw of the Conciliator

XIV - The Antechamber

XV - Fool’s Fire

XVI - Jonas

XVII - The Tale of the Student and His Son

Part I The Redoubt of the Magicians

Part II The Fleshing of the Hero

Part III The Encounter with the Princess

Part IV The Battle with the Ogre

Part V The Death of the Student

XVIII - Mirrors

XIX - Closets

XX - Pictures

XXI - Hydromancy

XXII - Personifications

XXIII - Jolenta

XXIV - Dr. Talos’s Play: Eschatology and Genesis

XXV - The Attack on the Hierodules

XXVI - Parting

XXVII - Toward Thrax

XXVIII - The Odalisque of Abaia

XXIX - The Herdsmen

XXX - The Badger Again

XXXI - The Cleansing

THE SWORD OF THE LICTOR

I - Master of the House of Chains

II - Upon the Cataract

III - Outside the Jacal

IV - In the Bartizan of the Vincula

V - Cyriaca

VI - The Library of the Citadel

VII - Attractions

VIII - Upon the Cliff

IX - The Salamander

XI - The Hand of the Past

XII - Following the Flood

XIII - Into the Mountains

XIV - The Widow’s House

XV - He Is Ahead of You!

XVI - The Alzabo

XVII - The Sword of the Lictor

XVIII - Severian and Severian

XIX - The Tale of the Boy Called Frog

Part I Early Summer and Her Son

Part II How Frog Found a New Mother

Part III The Black Killer’s Gold

Part IV The Plowing of the Fish

XX - The Circle of the Sorcerers

XXI - The Duel of Magic

XXII - The Skirts of the Mountain

XXIII - The Cursed Town

XXIV - The Corpse

XXV - Typhon and Piaton

XXVI - The Eyes of the World

XXVII - On High Paths

XXVIII - The Hetman’s Dinner

XXIX - The Hetman’s Boat

XXX - Natrium

XXXI - The People of the Lake

XXXII - To the Castle

XXXIII - Ossipago, Barbatus, and Famulimus

XXXIV - Masks

XXXV - The Signal

XXXVI - The Fight in the Bailey

XXXVII - Terminus Est

XXXVIII - The Claw

Appendix - A Note on Provincial Administration

THE CITADEL OF THE AUTARCH

I - The Dead Soldier

II - The Living Soldier

III - Through Dust

V - The Lazaret

VI - Miles, Foila, Melito, and Hallvard

VII - Hallvard’s Story—The Two Sealers

VIII - The Pelerine

IX - Melito’s Story—The Cock, the Angel, and the Eagle

XI - Loyal to the Group of Seventeen’s Story—The Just Man

XII - Winnoc

XIII - Foila’s Story—The Armiger’s Daughter

XIV - Mannea

XV - The Last House

XVI - The Anchorite

XVII - Ragnarok—The Final Winter

XVIII - Foila’s Request

XIX - Guasacht

XX - Patrol

XXI - Deployment

XXII - Battle

XXIII - The Pelagic Argosy Sights Land

XXIV - The Flier

XXV - The Mercy of Agia

XXVI - Above the Jungle

XXVII - Before Vodalus

XXVIII - On the March

XXIX - Autarch of the Commonwealth

XXX - The Corridors of Time

XXXI - The Sand Garden

XXXII - The Samru

XXXIII - The Citadel of the Autarch

XXXIV - The Key to the Universe

XXXV - Father Inire’s Letter

XXXVI - Of Bad Gold and Burning

XXXVII - Across the River Again

XXXVIII - Resurrection

Appendix - The Arms of the Autarch and the Ships of the Hierodules

THE URTH OF THE NEW SUN

CHAPTER I - The Mainmast

CHAPTER II - The Fifth Sailor

CHAPTER III - The Cabin

CHAPTER IV - The Citizens of the Sails

CHAPTER V - The Hero and the Hierodules

CHAPTER VI - A Death and the Dark

CHAPTER VII - A Death in the Light

CHAPTER VIII - The Empty Sleeve

CHAPTER IX - The Empty Air

CHAPTER X - Interlude

CHAPTER XI - Skirmish

CHAPTER XII - The Semblance

CHAPTER XIII - The Battles

CHAPTER XIV - The End of the Universe

CHAPTER XV - Yesod

CHAPTER XVI - The Epitome

CHAPTER XVII - The Isle

CHAPTER XVIII - The Examination

CHAPTER XIX - Silence

CHAPTER XX - The Coiled Room

CHAPTER XXI - Tzadkiel

CHAPTER XXII - Descent

CHAPTER XXIII - The Ship

CHAPTER XXIV - The Captain

CHAPTER XXV - Passion and the Passageway

CHAPTER XXVI - Gunnie and Burgundofara

CHAPTER XXVII - The Return to Urth

CHAPTER XXVIII - The Village Beside the Stream

CHAPTER XXIX - Among the Villagers

CHAPTER XXX - Ceryx

CHAPTER XXXI - Zama

CHAPTER XXXII - To the Alcyone

CHAPTER XXXIII - Aboard the Alcyone

CHAPTER XXXIV - Saltus Again

CHAPTER XXXV - Nessus Again

CHAPTER XXXVI - The Citadel Again

CHAPTER XXVII - The Book of the New Sun

CHAPTER XXXVIII - To the Tomb of the Monarch

CHAPTER XXXIX - The Claw of the Conciliator Again

CHAPTER XL - The Brook Beyond Briah

CHAPTER XLI - Severian from His Cenotaph

CHAPTER XLII - Ding, Dong, Ding!

CHAPTER XLIII - The Evening Tide

CHAPTER XLIV - The Morning Tide

CHAPTER XLV - The Boat

CHAPTER XLVI - The Runaway

CHAPTER XLVII - The Sunken City

CHAPTER XLVIII - Old Lands and New

CHAPTER XLIX - Apu-Punchau

CHAPTER L - Darkness in the House of Day

CHAPTER LI - The Urth of the New Sun

Appendix - The Miracle of Apu-Punchau

About the Author

Tor books by Gene Wolfe