num_pages: 257
description: When Severian, the Torturer, sets a woman free from prison, he is forced to flee and experiences many strange adventures in the distant future of Earth
language: English
title: The Sword of the Lictor
titlecomplete: The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun, #3)
characters: Severian
genres: Science Fiction Fantasy, Dying Earth, Fantasy, Novels, Speculative Fiction, Fiction, Classics, Audiobook, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 10246
places: Urth
series: The Book of the New Sun, Solar Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 378720000000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Balrog Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: British Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel (August Derlith Fantasy Award), awardedAt: 410256000000
name: SF Chronicle Award
category: Novel, awardedAt: 1451635200000
name: Tähtivaeltaja Award
publisher: Pocket Books