num_pages: 950
description: Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun is an extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways, in a time when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, the central character, is a torturer, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his victims, and journeying to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est. This edition contains the first four volumes of the series.
language: English
title: The Book of the New Sun
titlecomplete: The Book of the New Sun
characters: Severian
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Dark Fantasy, Literature, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 4104
series: Solar Cycle, The Book of the New Sun
publisher: SFBC