Between the Warrior-Prophet and the end of the world … If all is not to be lost the great powers will have to choose between their most desperate desires and their most ingrained prejudice. And as the vast host of the Holy War endures its sternest test in the searing wastes of the desert, a name-a title-begins to be whispered amongst the faithful.īut who is the Warrior-Prophet: a dangerous heretic, who turns brother against brother? Or the only man who can avert the Second Apocalypse? The Holy War stands on a knife edge. The skin-spies of the Consult watch with growing trepidation. The warrior Cnaiür falls ever deeper into madness. The sorcerer Achamian and his lover, Esmenet, submit entirely, only to have their faith tested in unimaginable ways. The first battle against the heathen has been won, but while the Great Names plot and squabble over the spoils, Kellhus patiently extends his influence, drawing more followers to his banner. The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great Holy War, and like all histories, the survivours write its conclusion. Among them, two men and two women are ensnared by a mysterious traveller, Anasûrimbor Kellhus-part warrior, part philosopher, part sorcerous, charismatic presence-from lands long thought dead. 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.
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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. Strikingly original in its conception, ambitious in scope, with characters engrossingly and vividly drawn, the first book in R. Publisher's summary The Darkness That Comes Before The plot, characters, setting, and metaphysics of the Prince of Nothing are intertwined with philosophical positions unique to the series.īakker has mentioned that this series was primarily influenced by the works of Tolkien and Frank Herbert.
The key feature distinguishing the Prince of Nothing series from its contemporaries is the importance of philosophy to the work. As Kellhus goes from military leader to divine prophet, Drusas Achamian, the sorcerer who mentors Kellhus, comes to realize that his student may well be the harbinger of the prophesied Second Apocalypse. Kellhus exhibits incredible powers of prediction and persuasion, which are derived from deep knowledge of rationality, cognitive biases, and causality, as discovered by the Dûnyain, a secret monastic sect. The trilogy details the emergence of Anasûrimbor Kellhus, a brilliant monastic warrior, as he takes control of a Holy War and the hearts and minds of its leaders. Scott Bakker, the first book of which was published in 2003, part of a wider series known as The Second Apocalypse. The Prince of Nothing is a series of three fantasy novels by the Canadian author R.
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