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Severian, the exiled journeyman torturer, takes up his post as lictor of the northern city of Thrax, until mercy once again costs him his place and he flees into the mountains, carrying the Claw of the Conciliator. The third volume of The Book of the New Sun.

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Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel (Winners)
The Locus Awards are voted on each year by the readers of Locus, the magazine of the science fiction and fantasy field, which makes them one of the best guides to the books readers themselves have loved most. The Best Fantasy Novel award was first given in 1978, to Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, and its winners since include Ursula K. Le Guin, four volumes of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville and N. K. Jemisin. This list collects the winning novels by year.

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The Sword of the Lictor

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