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Name: The Darkness That Comes Before

Author: R. Scott Bakker
Year: 2003
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Fantasy, Science fiction, Philosophy

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9781585676774
9781590201183
1585676772
1590201183

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.

This book is part of the "The Prince of Nothing" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"The Thousandfold Thought"
First published in 2006
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"The Warrior Prophet"
First published in 2004
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