{"product_id":"sword-citadel-the-second-half-of-the-book-of-the-new-sun-9781250781246","title":"Sword \u0026 Citadel: The Second Half of the Book of the New Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A major work of twentieth-century American literature...Wolfe creates a truly alien social order that the reader comes to experience from within...once into it, there is no stopping.\" ---\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new Tor Essentials edition of \u003ci\u003eSword \u0026amp; Citade\u003c\/i\u003el contains a new introduction by historian and novelist Ada Palmer, author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eToo Like the Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGene Wolfe has been called the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced by the Washington Post. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTHE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is unanimously acclaimed as Wolfe's most remarkable work, hailed as \"a masterpiece of science fantasy comparable in importance to the major works of Tolkien and Lewis\" by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \"one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century\" by the \u003ci\u003eMagazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sword of the Lictor\u003c\/i\u003e is the third volume in Wolfe's remarkable epic, chronicling the odyssey of the wandering pilgrim called Severian, driven by a powerful and unfathomable destiny, as he carries out a dark mission far from his home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Citadel of the Autarch\u003c\/i\u003e brings The Book of the New Sun to its harrowing conclusion, as Severian clashes in a final reckoning with the dread Autarch, fulfilling an ancient prophecy that will alter forever the realm known as Urth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWonderfully vivid and inventive... the most extraordinary hero in the history of the heroic epic.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250781246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512","brand":"Gene Wolfe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40494110343349,"sku":"9781250781246","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c88c76b9-7876-4144-9073-b81f851da691.jpg?v=1626157946","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sword-citadel-the-second-half-of-the-book-of-the-new-sun-9781250781246","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}