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Shadow & Claw
The First Half of the Book of the New Sun The Shadow of the Torturer/the Claw of the Conciliator
by Gene Wolfe
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The volume consists of the first two books in the Book of the New Sun series. The first, SHADOW OF THE TORTURER, won the 1981 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the second, CLAW OF THE CONCILIATOR, won the 1981 Nebula Award for Best Novel.
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9780312890179,
Paperback,
Tor Books,
1994
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Publisher Notes
Gene Wolfe's science fiction masterpiece The Book of the New Sun is now available for the first time in this decade. This critically acclaimed work won both the World Fantasy and Nebula Awards. The saga centers around an orphan whose lifelong quest transforms him from ruthless monster to savior of a world.
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