num_pages: 279
description: Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax, the City of Windowless Rooms. But Severian's journeying is not ended, and high in the Earth's ancient mountains he draws closer to his destiny.
language: English
title: The Sword of the Lictor
titlecomplete: The Sword of the Lictor
characters: Severian
genres: Audiobook, Post Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Classics, Novels, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy, Dying Earth, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 10237
places: Urth
series: Solar Cycle, The Book of the New Sun
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: Timescape Books