The Darkness That Comes Before
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Two men and two women are approached by a mysterious traveler, Anasurimbor Kellhus, who claims to be from a long-dead land and promises them the power to re-write history.
Cette série de fantasy épique se déroule deux millénaires après une apocalypse, alors que l'humanité tente de se rétablir et de revenir à la normalité. Le récit se concentre sur des neveux impériaux ambitieux, des chefs religieux incitant à la guerre sainte, des sorciers hantés par des cauchemars et des tribus barbares en quête de vengeance. Dans ce monde, au bord de luttes de pouvoir et d'intrigues magiques, émerge une figure mystérieuse aux objectifs ambigus. La série explore des thèmes sombres, des machinations politiques et le réveil d'un ancien mal qui menace une seconde apocalypse.
Two men and two women are approached by a mysterious traveler, Anasurimbor Kellhus, who claims to be from a long-dead land and promises them the power to re-write history.
A score of centuries has passed since the First Apocalypse and the thoughts of men have turned, inevitably, to more worldly concerns...A veteran sorcerer and spy seeks news of an ancient enemy. A military genius plots to conquer the known world for his Emperor but dreams of the throne for himself. The spiritual leader of the Thousand Temples seeks a Holy War to cleanse the land of the infidel. An exiled barbarian chieftain seeks vengeance against the man who disgraced him. And into this world steps a man like no other, seeking to bind all - man and woman, emperor and slave - to his own mysterious ends.But the fate of men - even great men - means little when the world itself may soon be torn asunder. Behind the politics, beneath the religious fervour, a dark and ancient evil is reawakening. After two thousand years, the No-God is returning. The Second Apocalypse is nigh. And one cannot raise walls against what has been forgotten...
The second book in R. Scott Bakker's acclaimed fantasy masterpiece, The Prince of Nothing
The epic conclusion to theacclaimed Prince of Nothing trilogy.