The Inquisitor: Restored Classics to Go Edition

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In a grim authoritarian future, Interrogator Conway Kroll performs his duty with cold certainty, greeting three accused traitors and defending torture as a necessary function of the State. Florence Horniman refuses to confess and is subjected to the merciless Inquisitor, while Chester Wengrove eventually breaks, is declared "exonerated," and then sent to quarantine in a cruel parody of mercy. The machinery of punishment is orderly, bureaucratic, and absolute, turning pain into policy. But Neil Leslie endures the Inquisitor longer than anyone before him, resisting until death and leaving Kroll with a devastating question about righteousness, certainty, and who has the right to judge. That question seeds the first doubt Kroll has ever known, and by morning his brief self-assurance collapses in a sharp reversal: the State turns on him, accusing him of treason with his own words. Stark and unsettling, this tale exposes the brutality of blind loyalty and the ease with which oppressive systems devour even their most faithful servants. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
In a grim authoritarian future, Interrogator Conway Kroll performs his duty with cold certainty, greeting three accused traitors and defending torture as a necessary function of the State. Florence Horniman refuses to confess and is subjected to the merciless Inquisitor, while Chester Wengrove ev...

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2 reviews
Mary Sweeney
November 7, 2026
samples are very short. I wanted to give it a go because of the 1 star rating, but not enough sample to judge. did not buy. 2 stars for having the discipline to write a book.
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Michael Clare
October 14, 2026
A ten minute read. Ended at 48%. Not long enough. Not worth the money. 😳
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Robert Silverberg is one of the great voices of modern science fiction, a writer whose career has stretched across more than six decades and helped shape the genre's imaginative reach. Born in New York City in 1935, he began publishing at a remarkably young age and quickly built a reputation for extraordinary productivity before entering a more mature and influential period in which his writing deepened in ambition, style, and psychological insight. Over the years he has earned multiple major awards and produced a body of work that ranges from far-future speculation to intimate explorations of identity, power, memory, alienation, and the human cost of progress. Silverberg's fiction is often admired for its elegance, intelligence, and willingness to ask unsettling questions about what people become when technology, history, or society pushes them to the edge. His work remains relevant today because it speaks to enduring anxieties about change, surveillance, belief, and the fragility of civilization, while also reminding readers that science fiction can be both intellectually rigorous and deeply humane. As a longtime editor as well as a celebrated author, he has had an outsized influence on the field, helping define what ambitious speculative fiction can do. Readers who enjoy thoughtful, idea-driven science fiction with rich prose, moral complexity, and a strong sense of wonder will find Silverberg especially rewarding.

Robert Silverberg is one of the great voices of modern science fiction, a writer whose career has stretched across more than six decades and helped shape the genre's imaginative reach. Born in New York City in 1935, he began publishing at a remarkably young age and quickly built a reputation for ...

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