![]() ![]() Armed with his sword, Terminus Est, and the Claw, Severian continues his journey to Thrax, the city of his exile. In Volume Two, Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of teh Conciliator," a powerful relic of the Master of Poewr, a legendary figure of mythic proportions. The Shadow of the Torturer introduced Severian, a torturer exiled for falling in love with one of his victims and allowing her to take her own life rather than be subjected to the highly refined methods of torture Severian has been so carefully trained in. The Book of the New Sun is set a million years in teh future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wonderful ways, and in a time when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Le Guin called it "the first volume of a masterpiece." The Claw of the Conciliator is the second volume of this momentous work. Rarely has a science fiction/fantasy novel received the kind of critical acclaim that greeted Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer, Volume One of The Book of the New Sun. ![]()
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