Books

260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). xv, 287pp; vii, 280pp; vii, 282pp; vii, 281pp + plates. 20 grey-tone plates (4 double page). Signed by Wolfe, Weber & Gaiman on limitation page. The Shadow of the Torturer + The Claw of the Conciliator + The Sword of the Lictor + The Citadel of the Autarch. VG : in very good condition with black slipcase. Minor marks to slipcase Black hardback cloth cover on pictorial boards.

The Book of the New Sun is a series of four science fantasy novels or one four-volume novel written by American author Gene Wolfe. It inaugurated the so-called 'Solar Cycle' that Wolfe continued by setting other works in the same universe. Narrated by Severian, a disgraced journeyman torturer who rises to the position of Autarch, the story involves themes of time travel, theology, and the nature of reality.