{"product_id":"9781250781246","title":"Sword \u0026 Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, 2) - Wolfe, Gene","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cu\u003eSword \u0026amp; Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, 2)\u003c\/u\u003e by Wolfe, Gene\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Tor Trade, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\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.” ―The New York Times on The Book of the New Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new Tor Essentials edition of Sword \u0026amp; Citadel contains a new introduction by historian and novelist Ada Palmer, author of the award-winning Too Like the Lightning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGene Wolfe has been called \"the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced\" by the Washington Post.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 Publishers Weekly and “one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century” by the Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Sword of the Lictor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Citadel of the Autarch 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wonderfully vivid and inventive... the most extraordinary hero in the history of the heroic epic.” ―The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eProduct image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tor Trade, 2021","offers":[{"title":"Sword \u0026 Citadel (The Book of the New Sun, 2) \/ NEW","offer_id":51002334445860,"sku":"9781250781246NW","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/9951\/4148\/files\/public_8c2d073f-3874-4be5-a6ab-9a9d09e204d1.jpg?v=1777044468","url":"https:\/\/brookingsbooks.com\/products\/9781250781246","provider":"Brookings Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}