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	Sword of the Lictor, The, by Gene Wolfe


	Novel, first publication in 1981 , latest edition in 1982


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	Banished for the sin of mercy, Severian, one of the ancient guild of Torturers, flees from exile. In a mountain wilderness he meets the Alzabo, in whom those eaten seem to live on, adopts as son only to lose him in battle, discharges an old debt to vengeance, encounters fanged aliens who hide behind masks of beauty, and helps the people of the floating islands in their unending battle for freedom.


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	Urth > Urth (1) - The Book of the New Sun (#3)


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	After the Apocalypse - Post-holocaust - Apocalypse Aliens - Extra-terrestrials Far Futures Science Fiction Classics Time Travel - Time Control - Time Warp



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