Written by: Gene Wolfe
Submitted By: Keith Doherty
An award-winning novel in four volumes. Brilliantly written, easily transcending the usual swords-and-sorcery of the science fiction/fantasy genre.
These books are set in the deep future and narrated in the first person by the apprentice Torturer Severian, the plot twists and turns with innumerable, subtle links and connections.
The books are full of literary allusion, dark humour and above all a chilling sense of the enormity of time and, despite his occupation, the memory-haunted Severian is an engaging protaganist.
If you like sci-fi/fantasy please PLEASE read these books!
