The Darkness That Comes Before: The Prince of Nothing, Book One
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Strikingly original in its conception, ambitious in scope, with characters engrossingly and vividly drawn, the first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a remarkable world from whole cloth-its language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals-the kind of all-embracing universe Tolkien and Herbert created unforgettably in the epic fantasies The Lord of the Rings and Dune. It's a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, evoking a time both two thousand years past and two thousand years into the future, as untold thousands gather for a crusade. Among them, two men and two women are ensnared by a mysterious traveler, Anasûrimbor Kellhus—part warrior, part philosopher, part sorcerous, charismatic presence—from lands long thought dead. The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great holy war, and like all histories, the survivors write its conclusion.


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Language: English
File size: 3756 KB
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Print length: 608 pages
Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Book 1 of 3: The Prince of Nothing
Publication date: September 2, 2008
subtitle: Kindle Edition
author: Visit Amazon's R. Scott Bakker Page search results R. Scott Bakker