The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker

Anderson, Bestselling author of Horizon Storms 'Exquisitely intelligent and beautifully written, R. THE DARKNESS THAT COMES BEFORE: The Prince of Nothing Book One R. The Darkness That Comes Before is truly a satisfying experience.' Kevin J. Scott Bakker - The Darkness That Comes Before, Paperback - Strikingly original in its conception, ambitious in scope, with characters engrossingly and. His previous books include the Prince of Nothing. So essentially I found everything really great. Scott Bakker is a student of literature, history, philosophy, and ancient languages. My only gripe with it is by and large the whole book was essentially a set up: A set up for the world, plot, characters, lore, power system, politics, factions and so on. One of the strongest first books I’ve read. The characters are among the most memorable and well-portrayed I can think of in recent fantasy f George Walkley, Ottakar's (Outland) 'Bakker has created a gourmet feast for hungry fantasy readers, exquisitely prepared, carefully seasoned, and served with pomp and ceremony. Just finished reading the Darkness That Comes Before. SF Site 'The publisher's hype compares to The Lord of the Rings or Frank Herbert's Dune, and gratifyingly the hype is not misplaced. The Darkness that Comes Before introduces us to a plethora of amazing characters: Kellhus, the superhuman who has mastered himself, body and mind, to such an extent that the rest of the world seem as children to him a brilliant, if deeply troubled, tribesman named Cnaiur, an old sorcerer and teacher, Achamian and the whore, Esmenet. The Guardian The Darkness That Comes Before is a strikingly original work, the start of a series to watch. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before 34 likes Like There’s faith that knows itself as faith, Proyas, and there’s faith that confuses itself for knowledge. 'Intelligent' is a term trotted out so often by publishers that it has become almost worthless - which is hard for the likes of Bakker, whose truly is intelligent, and original, and all those other overused words.

The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker