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So begins one of the most celebrated stories in fantasy literature, packed full of mystery, deep themes and incredible prose, meet Severian the Torturer and follow him on his journey across the great world of Urth. Severian is a torturer, born to the guild and with an exceptionally promising career ahead of him, until he falls in love with one of his victims, a beautiful young noblewoman. Her excruciations are delayed for some months and, out of love, Severian helps her commit suicide and escape her fate. For a torturer, there is no more unforgivable act. In punishment he is exiled from the guild and his home city to the distant metropolis of Thrax with little more than Terminus Est, a fabled sword, to his name. Along the way he has to learn to survive in a wider world without the guild, a world in which he has already made both allies and enemies and a strange gem is about to fall into his possession, which will only make his enemies pursue him with ever-more determination.Read : Yes

Author

Gene Wolfe

Publisher

Gollancz, Orion Publishing

Published

1980

Language

EN

Rating

3.9 / 5 (771 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14