The Winner and Nominees for the 1982 Locus - Fantasy Novel book award.
1982 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner
The Claw of the Conciliator
Gene Wolfe
The torturer Severian continues his journey of exile to the city Thrax, carrying with him the ancient executioner’s sword and the Claw of the Conciliator, a gem of extraterrestrial power and beauty which no one man is meant to possess . . . Winner of the N…