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The Sword of the Lictor
(1982)(The third book in the Urth : Book of the New Sun series)
A novel by Gene Wolfe
1983 British Fantasy Award for Best Novel
1983 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
1982 BSFA Award for Best Novel (nominee)
Banished for the sin of mercy, Severian, one of the ancient guild of Torturers, flees from exile. In a mountain wilderness he meets the Alzabo, in whom those eaten seem to live on, adopts as son only to lose him in battle, discharges an old debt to vengeance, encounters fanged aliens who hide behind masks of beauty, and helps the people of the floating islands in their unending battle for freedom.
Genre: Fantasy
Genre: Fantasy
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