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The Shadow of the Torturer
Gene Wolfe · Sci-Fi
30 Pulse Score
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🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit
#159 All Time
About this book
It relates the story of Severian, an apprentice in the Seekers for Truth and Penitence (the guild of torturers), from his youth through his expulsion from the guild, and subsequent journey out of his home city of Nessus.
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