Cover art by Don Maitz
Shadow & Claw
The Book of the New Sun 1-2
Read January 18, 2024
Publication Details
Type:
Book
Publisher:
Orb
Published:
1980
Reading Details
Pages:
409
Location:
Lawrence, KS (US)
Series:
The Book of the New Sun
Highlights
First Paragraph:
Notes/Quotes
It is possible I already had some presentiment of my future. The locked and rusted gate that stood before us, with wisps of river fog threading its spikes like the mountain paths, remains in my mind now as the symbol of my exile. That is why I have begun this account of it with the aftermath of our swim, in which I, the torturer’s apprentice Severian, had so nearly drowned.
This is volumes 1 & 2 of The Book of the New Sun, containing The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.