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The Second Apocalypse is a fantasy series that includes three sub-series titled The Prince of Nothing, The Aspect-Emperor, and The No-God.The series was originally planned as a trilogy, but when Bakker began writing the series in the early 2000s he found it necessary to split each of the three novels into its own sub-series to incorporate all of the characters, themes and ideas he wished to ...
The Prince of Nothing is a series of three fantasy novels by Canadian author R. Scott Bakker, first published in 2004, part of a wider series known as "The Second Apocalypse". This trilogy details the emergence of monastic warrior Anasûrimbor Kellhus.
Adam Whitehead of The Wertzone gave The Unholy Consult a 4.5/5 rating and described the ending of the Aspect-Emperor series as "epic and impressive" with "tremendously satisfying character moments" and "Bakker's best-ever action scenes" despite being "perhaps less elegantly structured as a novel than some of its forebears".
The Judging Eye is the first book in the Aspect-Emperor series by R. Scott Bakker. It was published on January 15, 2009 in the UK and on February 19, 2009 in the USA. [1] Events take place 20 years after the conclusion of the Prince of Nothing trilogy. Anasûrimbor Kellhus now rules the Three Seas as Aspect-Emperor, and has launched The Great ...
“[R. Scott Bakker is a] class act like George R. R. Martin, or his fellow Canadians Steven Erikson and Guy Gavriel Kay. He gets right away from the 'downtrodden youth becoming king' aspect of epic fantasy in his very impressive first novel - The Darkness That Comes Before, which will be published in the UK in April 2004.
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