The Darkness That Comes Before
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The Darkness That Comes Before

by R. Scott Bakker

2003•Fantasy•589 pages

Taste attributes: fantasyscience fictionwardramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questinjustice/tragedy/vengeancetroubled leads

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, wide-ranging fantasy novel: original and heavy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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About This Book

Strikingly original in its conception, ambitious in scope, with characters engrossingly and vividly drawn, the first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a remarkable world from whole cloth—it's language and classes of people, its cities, religions, mysteries, taboos, and rituals—the kind of all-embracing universe that has thrilled readers of Stephen R Donaldson and George R.R.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyScience fictionWarDramaAll consuming questInjustice/tragedy/vengeanceTroubled leads

Subjects

Science FictionFantasy fiction

Details

Author
R. Scott Bakker
Published
2003
Pages
589
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