The Shadow of the Torturer

The Shadow of the Torturer is the first book in The Book of the New Sun.

Chapter Summaries and Comments

 * 1) Resurrection and Death - Severian saves Vodalus.
 * 2) Severian
 * 3) The Autarch's Face
 * 4) Triskele
 * 5) The Picture Cleaner and Others
 * 6) The Master of the Curators
 * 7) The Traitress
 * 8) The Conversationalist
 * 9) The House Azure
 * 10) The Last Year
 * 11) The Feast
 * 12) The Traitor
 * 13) The Lictor of Thrax
 * 14) Terminus Est
 * 15) Baldanders
 * 16) The Rag Shop
 * 17) The Challenge
 * 18) The Destruction of the Altar
 * 19) The Botanic Gardens
 * 20) Father Inire's Mirrors
 * 21) The Hut in the Jungle
 * 22) Dorcas
 * 23) Hildegrin
 * 24) The Flower of Dissolution
 * 25) The Inn of Lost Loves
 * 26) Sennet
 * 27) Is He Dead?
 * 28) Carnifex
 * 29) Agilus
 * 30) Night
 * 31) The Shadow of the Torturer
 * 32) The Play
 * 33) Five Legs
 * 34) Morning
 * 35) Hethor
 * 36) Appendix - A Note on the Translation