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Shadow & Claw Summary & Study Guide Description
Shadow & Claw Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Shadow & Claw Plot Summary
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"Shadow and Claw" is the combination of the first two books in "The Book of the New Sun" series. The story is about Severian, a torturer, and his journey toward the city of Thrax to become an executioner. Severian has a larger destiny, although it is unknown to him.
The story is being told by Severian looking back on his life. He remembers everything in great detail. He began life as an apprentice in the torturer's guild where he happened to encounter the leader of the freedom fighters named Vodalus. Severian saves him from being killed, and Vodalus gives him a single coin. From this point on Severian tries to learn everything he can about Vodalus feeling that their destinies are intertwined.
Vodalus is a fugitive and his lover, Thea, has a sister who is taken captive and put in the torturer's guild. Severian falls in love with Thea's sister,...
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