{"product_id":"sword-citadel-by-gene-wolfe-9781250781246","title":"Sword \u0026 Citadel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new Tor Essentials edition of \u003ci\u003eSword \u0026amp; Citadel\u003c\/i\u003e contains a new introduction by historian and novelist Ada Palmer, author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eToo Like the Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGene Wolfe has been called \"the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced\" by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of the New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \"one of the most ambitious works of speculative fiction in the twentieth century\" by the \u003ci\u003eMagazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sword of the Lictor\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Citadel of the Autarch\u003c\/i\u003e brings \u003ci\u003eThe Book of the New Sun\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wonderfully vivid and inventive... the most extraordinary hero in the history of the heroic epic.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934253498604,"sku":"9781250781246","price":58.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781250781246-sword-citadel.jpg?v=1783908312","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/sword-citadel-by-gene-wolfe-9781250781246","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}