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The Sword of the Lictor 

 (Urth : Book of the New Sun, book 3)

by

Gene Wolfe

The Sword of the Lictor

(The third book in the Urth : Book of the New Sun series)
(1981)
A novel by

Gene Wolfe

 

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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1996 : Leather Bound
Cover of ISBN: B000E17HJ2Title: Sword of the Lictor
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Easton Press
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May 1982 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0283988606Title: Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the new sun)
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
ISBN: 0-283-98860-6 / 978-0-283-98860-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: Sidg. & J
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January 1982 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0671435957Title: The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun, Volume 3)
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
ISBN: 0-671-43595-7 / 978-0-671-43595-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: Timescape Books
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January 1981 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000EONZ54Title: The Sword of the Lictor
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
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September 1991 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0099295407Title: The Sword of the Lictor (The book of the new sun)
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
ISBN: 0-09-929540-7 / 978-0-09-929540-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Legend paperbacks
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1987 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000KK7QFMTitle: The Sword Of The Lictor
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Arrow Books
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December 1986 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0671499459Title: The Sword of the Lictor
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
ISBN: 0-671-49945-9 / 978-0-671-49945-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm)
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November 1986 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0671631934Title: Sword of Lictor
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
ISBN: 0-671-63193-4 / 978-0-671-63193-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Pocket Books
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January 1983 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001TB3BC8Title: The Sword of Lictor
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Arrow
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January 1983 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002JJA1DGTitle: The Sword of Lictor
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January 1982 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000K5RSLETitle: THE SWORD OF THE LICTOR
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
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January 1982 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B002JJA1FOTitle: The Sword Of The Lictor
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1982 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0671454501Title: SWORD OF THE LICTOR
Author(s): WOLFE
ISBN: 0-671-45450-1 / 978-0-671-45450-0 (USA edition)
Publisher: ARROW
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January 1981 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B001IO0DJUTitle: The Sword of the Lictor
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Timescape
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January 1981 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B002G740M4Title: The Sword Of The Lictor
Author(s): Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Pocket Books, 1981
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