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The Sword of the Lictor
Urth: Book of the New Sun (Related to this series)
- Author
- Gene Wolfe
- Narrator
- James Lailey
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 29 April 2021
- Run Time
- 10 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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Severian, the disgraced apprentice torturer, has reached his place of exile - Thrax, the city of Windowless Rooms, where he must take up his post as Lictor, executioner and torturer. However, he flees the city and heads into the mountains. There he meets the Alzabo, in whom those eaten seem to live on, adopts a son only to lose him in battle and discharges an old debt to vengeance. As his exile takes stranger and stranger turns, he encounters fanged aliens who hide behind masks of beauty, and meets the mysterious Dr Talos . . .
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- Author
- Gene Wolfe
- Narrator
- James Lailey
- Duration
- 10 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473233096
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Banished for the sin of mercy, Severian, one of the ancient guild of Torturers, flees from exile. In a mountain wildernessSeverian, the disgraced apprentice torturer, has reached his place of exile - Thrax, the city of Windowless Rooms, where he must take up his post as Lictor, executioner and torturer. However, he flees the city and heads into the mountains. There he meets the Alzabo, in whom those eaten seem to live on, adopts a son only to lose him in battle and discharges an old debt to vengeance. As his exile takes stranger and stranger turns, he encounters fanged aliens who hide behind masks of beauty, and meets the mysterious Dr Talos . . .
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