Shadow and claw. Sword and citadel. The sun and the castle. A set of 3 books. Wolf J.

Shadow and claw

“Book of the New Sun” by Gina Wolf is one of the most famous science fiction cycles of all time. This is a long magical novel in four parts. “Shadow and Claw” contains the first two: “The shadow of the executioner” and “The Claw of the Peacemaker”, which were awarded the World Fantasy Prize and the Nebel Prize.

Severian, the modest student of the executioner, blessed and cursed by the gift of photographic memory , tells about the path leading him through sex, betrayal, exile, murders, conspiracies and secrets - to grow up and the top of power over the ancient world of Urd, illuminated by the dying sun.

Sword and Citadel

“Sword and Citadel” contains the third and fourth part: “The Lictor’s Sword” and “Citadel Autarch”, which were awarded the British Fantasy Prize and the Locus award.

A student of the executioner Severian completes his Odyssey in the vast world of the distant future, when the sun goes out, and science does not differ from magic. The ancient world will gain its Messiah, its new Sun.

Sun and the castle

Severian, a former executioner, and now the ruler of the ancient world Urd, leaves the planet and goes on a journey through space and time. He must appear to the court in which powerful hierograms must decide whether humanity is worthy of the new sun or it must fade off with the old one.

This unique edition includes the novel “Urd the New Sun”, two collections of fairy tales, parables and stories that complement the cycle, as well as the book of the Essay “Castle of Otdra”.