Publication Order of Urth: Book of the New Sun Books

5 Books By Gene Wolfe

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5 Books

1

The Shadow of the Torturer
1980

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2

The Claw of the Conciliator
1981

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3

The Sword of the Lictor
1982

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4

The Citadel of the Autarch
1983

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5

The Urth of the New Sun
1987

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Solar Cycle The Solar Cycle is a series of science fiction/fantasy novels by American author Gene Wolfe . The series is broken up into multi-volume novels: The Book of the New Sun , The Book of the Long Sun and The Book of the Short Sun . The Book of the New Sun is set in far in the future, where a torturer named Severian is exiled for showing compassion. The Book of the Long Sun follows a priest of small parish who gets involved in politics and a revolution. The Book of the Short Sun is about those who are colonizing two new planets.