The Citadel of the Autarch

The fourth and final volume, which pays off the puzzle: what Severian has been withholding, what the Autarch is, and what the dying sun has to do with either. a16z’s note promises the series “wraps up in clever and dramatic fashion,” and this is where that claim is settled.

Context: last instalment of the one four-volume story behind a16z’s Book of the New Sun entry. Read in order from The Shadow of the Torturer.

Connections

• a16z Infra Reading List — the list this came from; Fantasy section, Book of the New Sun series entry.
• Gene Wolfe — the author.
• The Shadow of the Torturer — volume one.
• The Claw of the Conciliator — volume two.
• The Sword of the Lictor — volume three.
• Science Fiction — the genre border the series sits on.
• a16z — the firm whose infrastructure team curates the list.