More than a tale of physical hardship

political unrest

Jules Verne

with Tafraout and the Ameln Valley as the main base

the divisions among his followers

The Urth of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun, Book 5) Format:Paperback More than a tale ofA Hugo and Nebula Award nominee, The Urth of the New Sun is the long awaited sequel to science fiction Grand Master Gene Wolfe's four volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to the world of Severian, now the Autarch of Urth, as he leaves the planet on one of the huge spaceships of the alien Hierodules to travel across time and space to face his greatest test, to become the legendary New Sun or die. The strange, rich, original spaceship