num_pages: 608
description: The first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a world from whole cloth-its language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals. 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.
language: English
title: The Darkness That Comes Before
titlecomplete: The Darkness That Comes Before (The Prince of Nothing, #1)
genres: High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Dark, Philosophy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Fiction, Epic, Fantasy, Unfinished
ratings_count: 20418
series: The Prince of Nothing, The Second Apocalypse
publisher: The Overlook Press