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The darkness that comes before

In a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, four people are swept up in the launch of an imminent crusade, during which they are ensnared by mysterious traveler Anasûrimbor Kellhus, whose magical, philosophical, and military talents have origins in a distant time.

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  • "Bakker's utterly foreign world, Earwa, is as complex as that of Tolkien. He creates an extraordinary cast of nationalities and races involved in an enormous holy war set off by an unseen prophet, Maithanet. 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."
  • "In a world scarred by an apocalyptic past, four people are swept up in the launch of an imminent crusade, during which they are ensnared by mysterious traveler Anasûrimbor Kellhus, whose magical, philosophical, and military talents have origins in a distant time."@en
  • "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. 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."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "Two thousand years have passed since Mog-Pharau, the No-God, last walked among Men. Two thousand years have passed since the Apocalypse. In a world wrenched by holy war and devastation, a sorcerer, a concubine, and a warrior find themselves captivated by a mysterious traveller from lands long thought dead, a man who makes weapons of insight and revelation. Unable to distinguish the passion that elevates from the passion that enslaves, they fall ever deeper under his thrall, while what begins as a war of Men against Men threatens to become the first battle of the Second Apocalypse."@en
  • "More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA."@en
  • "Eärwa, einstmals mächtiges Reich am großen Ozean, droht endgültig aus den Fugen zu geraten: Der Heilige Krieg gegen die Heiden im Süden wird ausgerufen, zahlreiche Krieger und Magier folgen diesem Ruf. Doch bald zeichnet sich ab, dass jede Fraktion ihre eigenen Interessen verfolgt."

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  • "Fantastic fiction"@en
  • "Fantastic fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Handbooks and manuals"
  • "Roman fantastique"

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  • "En el principio fue la oscuridad"@es
  • "Autrefois les ténèbres"
  • "En el principio fué la oscuridad"@es
  • "The darkness that comes before"@en
  • "The darkness that comes before"
  • "Schattenfall"
  • "The darkness that comes before. [1]"@en
  • "Slugi temnogo vlastelina : kn i︠a︡zʹ pustoty"

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