The Black Prism
by Brent Weeks
Taste attributes: fantasyadventureactionfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, expansive fantasy novel: polished and layered. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. But Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five impossible goals.
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- Author
- Brent Weeks
- Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 659
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- Open Library
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