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aliases:
  - claw of the conciliator
title: The Claw of the Conciliator
tags:
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  - exclude-from-word-count
  - topic/hobbies/reading
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author: Gene Wolfe
series: The Book of the New Sun
type: book
year: 1981
---
# The Claw of the Conciliator

## I - The Village of Saltus

## II - The Man in the Dark

## III - The Showman's Tent

## IV - The Bouquet

## V - The Bourne

## VI - Blue Light

## VII - The Assassins

## VIII - The Cultellarii

## IX - The Liege of Leaves

## X - Thea

## XI - Thecla

## XII - The Notules

## XIII - The Claw of the Conciliator

## XIV - The Antechamber

## XV - Fool's Fire

## XVI - Jonas

## XVII - The Tale of the Student and His Son

### Part I - The Redoubt of the Magicians

### Part II - The Fleshing of the Hero

### Part III - The Encounter with the Princess

### Part IV - The Battle with the Ogre

### Part V - The Death of the Student

## XVIII - Mirrors

## XIX - Closets

## XX - Pictures

## XXI - Hydromancy

## XXII - Personifications

## XXIII - Jolenta

## XXIV - Dr. Talos's Play: Eschatology and Genesis

## XXV - The Attack on the Hierodules

## XXVI - Parting

## XXVII - Toward Thrax

## XXVIII - The Odalisque of Abaia

## XXIX - The Herdsmen

## XXX - The Badger Again

## XXXI - The Cleansing

## Appendixes