Books

Gene Wolfe (1980) The Shadow of the Torturer , US first edition, first printing, published by Simon and Schuster. Signed and inscribed to fellow science-fiction writer Frank M. Robinson, dated 31 October 1981. Condition: a near fine copy in like unclipped dust jacket. Slight rubbing to rear board, and usual slight discolouration to edges commensurate with age. Volume one in the seminal tetralogy which makes up The Book of New Sun , a classic of sci-fi/ fantasy, frequently voted as one of tthe best in the genre. First and Fine.

The first volume in The Book of the New Sun series, this novel introduces Severian, a journeyman torturer, as he embarks on his quest of exile and enlightenment.