The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker

People don't know the true identity of Maithanet, butĮveryone seems to know that he's a powerful new entity that's not to be Maithanet, a rather unknown figure cloaked in mystery and an extremeĪmount of power. Religious war whose catalyst is the new Shriah of the Thousand Temples, To really focus on and spend my time with each page and plot

Requires patience, but it's an enjoyable patience that I think allows me Revisiting the series and doing a re-read is going to be an entirelyĭifferent amazing experience. Where I know that a lot of content and references are going over my headĪnd that one day in the future, if I finish the trilogy, I know that This is also one of those books that is somewhat dense in ways Stories can be very hit or miss with me, so it was really satisfying toįind that Bakker had executed this style in such a smooth and compelling Teases just enough information to keep you hooked.

The way of background and context, but it's done so in a way that That sort of drops you into a world and story without providing much in The Darkness That Comes Before is one of those book It wasn't really what I expected in a lot of ways-and itĬertainly hasn't felt that grim yet!-but it also surprised me in a lot This book referred to as one of the 'fathers' of the grimdark genre, andĪs a grimdark fan I knew it was something that I definitely wanted to I've been wanting to read for years and I'm so glad that I finally didīecause I think I ended up liking it more than I expected to. The Darkness That Comes Before is one of those books that The Darkness That Comes Before is a history of this great holy war, and like all histories, the survivors write its conclusion. 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. 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. 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.

The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker