A review by grayjay
The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe

3.0

The story of Severian, exiled journeyman of the guild of torturers, continues.

This volume meandered more than the first! While it opened the story up, or expanded the world, in a few new directions, it didn't seem to have a discernable plot.

I didn't mind it. I liked the scene with the Undine. I like that in this "dying world" sort of sci-fi, magic is coming in at the end of volume 2.