SF Chronicle Magazine Award. Italy Award. Finalist of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Seiun awards. “The Sun and the Castle” is a continuation of the famous tetralogy “The Book of the New Sun” by Gene Wolfe. “The Urd of the New Sun” "Autarch Severian, ruler of the ancient world of Urd, leaves the planet and embarks on a journey through space and time. He must appear before the Court, at which the powerful hierogrammatists will decide whether humanity is worthy of the New Sun or whether it should fade away along with the Old Sun. “The Book of Wonders of Urd and Heaven” and “Stories from the Age of Severian” Collections of fairy tales, parables and stories that complement the cycle “Otter's Castle” A collection of essays about how Gene Wolfe wrote his famous series of novels, how he worked with editors, agents, publishers and literary critics. Here you'll find lots of useful creative tips and little author's secrets that will help you see Severian's story in a new way. "A wonderful ending and at the same time the beginning of what may be the best literary work of American science fiction ever written - a tetralogy." The Book of the New Sun." — Chicago Sun-Times “Gene Wolfe's new book floats, freely plans, runs like a river that flows from universe to universe, between life and death and life again. In this fantasy there is a moment of pain of human existence that gives everything the weight of vision.” – Ursula Le Guin “Gene Wolfe’s magnum opus The Book of the New Sun is one of the modern masterpieces of fiction—the embodiment of a world so far in the future that magic and technology, poetry and science are indistinguishable, a world weighed down by time and devoid of hope, a world animated Wolfe's unique combination of slightly archaic style and constantly surprising vocabulary." – The New York Times