The Book of the New Sun: Book 1Set on a Earth under a dying Sun of the far far future, Severian is a Torturer, a member of an ancient guild sworn to officially torture and kill at the command of authority. Severian has a perfect memory and the 4 volumes of his story are told in sequence. This, the first deals with his early days in the guild, his exile and the beginning of his travels to become Torturer of a distant city.A classic...
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