The Winner and Nominees for the 1983 Locus - Fantasy Novel book award.
1983 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner
The Sword of the Lictor
Gene Wolfe
Banished for the sin of mercy, Severian, one of the ancient guild of Torturers, flees from exile. In a mountain wilderness Severian, the disgraced apprentice torturer, has reached his place of exile – Thrax, the city of Windowless Rooms, where he must take…