The Thousandfold Thought (The Prince of Nothing, Book 3)
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1585677051 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 560 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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I missed the end of the war! I should have died on the battlefield before they reached Shimeh! Yes, I expected the lights and flashes and booms when the sorcerers finally began the battle. It was the verbal equivalent of your typical action movie. But, after all this blood, sweat, and metaphysical tears I expected to understand the explanation of what was going on! It may have been clear to Bakker, but this wizard is limping on to another fantasy world.. The Thousandfold Con An excellent first novel was followed by a tepid second and lame third. Bakker says it took him 15 years to complete the first. The third seems like he took a whimpy fifteen days. The plot stumbles, turns, and trips over itself and then, when you thought it was nearing an end, the conclusion was absent. There's no end. There's no denouement. There's no climax. It's like a few minutes of sex that becomes passionless and drifts off wh. Deep layeredgreat book A great read a series about morality and power and the corrupting influence of both. Recomended for anyone who loves ambivalence
Casting into question all the action that has taken place before, twisting readers' intuitions in unforeseen directions, remolding the fantasy genre to broaden the scope of intricacy and meaning, R. Scott Bakker has once again written a fantasy novel that defies all expectations and rewards the reader with an experience unlike any to be had in the canon of fantasy literature. . From the Publisher Will Kelhus be able to rise to claim his role within the ascendancy, or will he be overtaken by his enemies--both within and without? Will he reach the ancient city of Shimeh and reunite with his father? Upon the apocalypse, will there be survivors left to write the history of the Holy War? The startling and far-reaching answers to
The Aspect-Emperor series is a sequel series that includes The Judging Eye, The White-Luck Warrior, and The Great Ordeal. Scott Bakker is a student of literature, history, philosophy, and ancient languages. His previous books include the Prince of Nothing trilogy: The Darkness that Comes Before, The Warrior Proph
The apocalyptic holy war comes to a head in this conclusion to the groundbreaking Prince of Nothing series and casts into question all the action that has taken place before.