β Scribed by Gene Wolfe
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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 executionerβs sword, Terminus Est. This edition contains the first two volumes, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.
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