Set one million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways. Severian is a torturer, exiled from his guild after falling in lov... » 

Set one million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways. Severian is a torturer, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his victims. Armed with his executioner's sword Terminus Est, he travels to the distant city of Thrax. «