Sword & Citadel

by Gene Wolfe

Volume 2 of The Book of the New Sun series: The Sword of the Lictor (Book 3) and The Citadel of the Autarch (Book 4)

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Sword & Citadel

by Gene Wolfe

Other books by Gene Wolfe

The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe

Our most recommended books

The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Word for World is Forest by Ursula Le Guin

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks

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The Urth of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe

Shadow & Claw
by Gene Wolfe

The Dispossessed
by Ursula Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula Le Guin

Dune
by Frank Herbert

The Word for World is Forest
by Ursula Le Guin

Some Desperate Glory
by Emily Tesh

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks