Darkness That Comes Before: The Prince of Nothing, Book One
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Beschreibung
strikingly Original In Its Conception, Ambitious In Scope, With Characters Engrossingly And Vividly Drawn, The First Book In R. Scott Bakker's The Prince Of Nothing Series Creates A Remarkable World From Whole Cloth -- Its Language And Classes Of People, Its Cities, Religions, Mysteries, Taboos, And Rituals -- The Kind Of All-embracing Universe That Calls Up Comparison To The Worlds Of Such Contemporary Fantasy Masterworks As George R. R. Martin's Song Of Ice And Fire Series And Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever. 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, Anasurimbor 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.
publishers Weeklycanadian Author Bakker's Impressive, Challenging Debut, The First Of A Trilogy, Should Please Those Weary Of Formulaic Epic Fantasy. Bakker's Utterly Foreign World, Earwa, Is As Complex As That Of Tolkien, To Whom He Is, Arguably, A Worthier Successor Than Such Established Names As David Eddings And Stephen Donaldson. Bakker Creates An Extraordinary Cast Of Nationalities And Races Involved In An Enormous Holy War Set Off By An Unseen Prophet, Maithanet. (appendices Help Keep The History And Personalities Straight.) He Casually Drops For Half The Story An Increasingly Important Character, Anas Rimbor Kellhus (aka The Prince Of Nothing), Who Finally Returns Without A Breath Of Exposition. The Amiable And Wise Sorcerer Spy Drusas Achamian Binds The Myriad Narrative Threads Together. Drusas's Love For Esmenet, A Too-experienced Prostitute, Provides Some Tenderness Amid The Abundant Slaughter. In The Book's Most Harrowing Scene, Which Fans Of Gentler Fantasy Will Find Too Graphic, Esmenet Is Raped By A Creature Who, Despite Its Human Appearance, Is Likely Demonic. If This Ambitious Novel Lacks The Beauty Of Tolkien As Well As The Sense Of Pure Evil That Suffused Middle-earth With Genuine Terror, Its Willingness To Take Chances And Avoid The Usual Genre Cliches Should Win Many Discriminating Readers. Agent, Ralph M. Vicinanza. (june 15) Forecast: Blurbs From Steven Erikson, John Marco And Kevin J. Anderson, Plus Good Press For The 2003 Canadian Edition, Will Help Bring Attention To A Deserving Book That's Going To Sell Largely Through Word Of Mouth. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
Beschreibung
strikingly Original In Its Conception, Ambitious In Scope, With Characters Engrossingly And Vividly Drawn, The First Book In R. Scott Bakker's The Prince Of Nothing Series Creates A Remarkable World From Whole Cloth -- Its Language And Classes Of People, Its Cities, Religions, Mysteries, Taboos, And Rituals -- The Kind Of All-embracing Universe That Calls Up Comparison To The Worlds Of Such Contemporary Fantasy Masterworks As George R. R. Martin's Song Of Ice And Fire Series And Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever. 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, Anasurimbor 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.
publishers Weeklycanadian Author Bakker's Impressive, Challenging Debut, The First Of A Trilogy, Should Please Those Weary Of Formulaic Epic Fantasy. Bakker's Utterly Foreign World, Earwa, Is As Complex As That Of Tolkien, To Whom He Is, Arguably, A Worthier Successor Than Such Established Names As David Eddings And Stephen Donaldson. Bakker Creates An Extraordinary Cast Of Nationalities And Races Involved In An Enormous Holy War Set Off By An Unseen Prophet, Maithanet. (appendices Help Keep The History And Personalities Straight.) He Casually Drops For Half The Story An Increasingly Important Character, Anas Rimbor Kellhus (aka The Prince Of Nothing), Who Finally Returns Without A Breath Of Exposition. The Amiable And Wise Sorcerer Spy Drusas Achamian Binds The Myriad Narrative Threads Together. Drusas's Love For Esmenet, A Too-experienced Prostitute, Provides Some Tenderness Amid The Abundant Slaughter. In The Book's Most Harrowing Scene, Which Fans Of Gentler Fantasy Will Find Too Graphic, Esmenet Is Raped By A Creature Who, Despite Its Human Appearance, Is Likely Demonic. If This Ambitious Novel Lacks The Beauty Of Tolkien As Well As The Sense Of Pure Evil That Suffused Middle-earth With Genuine Terror, Its Willingness To Take Chances And Avoid The Usual Genre Cliches Should Win Many Discriminating Readers. Agent, Ralph M. Vicinanza. (june 15) Forecast: Blurbs From Steven Erikson, John Marco And Kevin J. Anderson, Plus Good Press For The 2003 Canadian Edition, Will Help Bring Attention To A Deserving Book That's Going To Sell Largely Through Word Of Mouth. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.