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Series is Solar Cycle
Solar Cycle:

A mega-series encompassing several other series of stories.
#Year1st ReadTitleAuthor(s)My Rating 
1 1980 (1) The Shadow of the Torturer
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The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume epic, the tale of a young Severian, an apprentice to the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, exiled for committing the ultimate sin of his profession - showing mercy towards his victim.

Listen to more in the Book of the New Sun series.
2 1981 (2) The Claw of the Conciliator
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The Claw of the Conciliator continues the saga of Severian, banished from his home, as he undertakes a mythic quest to discover the awesome power of an ancient relic, and learn the truth about his hidden destiny.

Listen to more in the Book of the New Sun series.
3 1982 (3) The Sword of the Lictor
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"BRILLIANT... TERRIFIC... A
FANTASY SO EPIC IT BEGGARS THE MIND!"
- Philadelphia Inquirer


Banished for the sin of mercy, Severian, one of the ancient guild of Torturers, flees from exile.  In a mountain wilderness he meets the Alzabo, in whom those eaten seem to live on, adopts a son only to lose him in battle, discharges an old debt of vengeance, encounters fanged aliens who hide behind masks of beauty, and helps the people of the floating islands in their unending battle for freedom.

Now, alone again, Severian wanders in search of his destiny, guided by the glowing power of a hidden, awesome weapon.

"THE BEST BOOK I'VE READ ALL YEAR...
images of wonder and weirdness linger long in the memory... a shattering tour-de-force."
--Somtow Sucharitkul, in the Fantasy Newsletter

AVAILABLE NOW IN HARDCOVER FROM
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GENE WOLFE'S FINAL VOLUME IN
THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN
THE CITADEL OF THE AUTARCH

AT YOUR LOCAL BOOKSTORES
4 1983 (4) The Citadel of the AutarchGene Wolfe  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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5 1987 (5) The Urth of the New SunGene Wolfe  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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6 1993 (6) Nightside the Long SunGene Wolfe  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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7 1994 (7) Lake of the Long SunGene Wolfe  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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8 1994 (8) Caldé of the Long SunGene Wolfe  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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9 1995 (9) Exodus From the Long SunGene Wolfe  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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10 1999 (10) On Blue's Waters
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On Blue's Waters is the start of a major new work by Gene Wolfe, the first of three volumes that comprise The Book of the Short Sun, which takes place in the years after Wolfe's four-volume Book of the Long Sun.

Horn, the narrator of the earlier work, now tells his own story. Though life is hard on the newly settled planet of Blue, Horn and his family have made a decent life for themselves. But Horn is the only one who can locate the great leader Silk and convince him to return to Blue and lead them all to prosperity. So Horn sets sail in a small boat, on a long and difficult quest across the planet Blue in search of the now legendary Patera Silk. The story continues in In Green's Jungles and Return to the Whorl.

"By any standard, Wolfe's beautifully composed, meditative, thrilling, and tricky-beyond-belief 'science fantasy' is a work of the highest art." (The Washington Post Book World)

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
11 2000 (11) In Green's JunglesGene Wolfe  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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12 2001 (12) Return to the WhorlGene Wolfe  Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0Rated 0
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