num_pages: 257
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.Cover Illustration: Bruce Pennington
language: English
title: The Sword of the Lictor
titlecomplete: The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun, #3)
characters: Severian
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Dying Earth, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Fantasy, Audiobook, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 10232
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: Pocket