Zusatztext A wonderful sense of pace! some great action sequences and above all else the reader will have a title that really will satisfy the fantasy fan within. A great title all round and one that really has left the final book in the series as one where everything is to play for. Great stuff Informationen zum Autor R. Scott Bakker is a student of literature, history, philosophy and ancient languages. He divides his time between writing philosophy and fantasy, though he often has difficulty distinguishing between them. He lives in London, Ontario. Klappentext A SCORE OF YEARS AFTER HE FIRST WALKED INTO THE HISTORIES OF MEN, ANASÛRIMBOR KELLHUS RULES ALL THE THREE SEAS, THE FIRST TRUE ASPECT-EMPEROR IN A THOUSAND YEARS. As Kellhus and his Great Ordeal march ever farther into the perilous wastes of the Ancient North, Esmenet finds herself at war with not only the Gods, but her own family as well. Achamian, meanwhile, leads his own ragtag expedition to the legendary ruins of Sauglish, and to a truth he can scarce survive, let alone comprehend. Into this tumult walks the White-Luck Warrior, assassin and messiah both, executing a mission as old as the World's making . . . PRAISE FOR R. SCOTT BAKKER 'Exquisitely intelligent and beautifully written . . . Take note, one and all, something remarkable has begun' Steven Erikson 'Leaves most of the competition trailing' Guardian The second volume in the ambitious and compelling Aspect-Emperor fantasy series Zusammenfassung The second volume in the ambitious and compelling Aspect-Emperor fantasy series

A wonderful sense of pace, some great action sequences and above all else the reader will have a title that really will satisfy the fantasy fan within. A great title all round and one that really has left the final book in the series as one where everything is to play for. Great stuff

Vorwort
The second volume in the ambitious and compelling Aspect-Emperor fantasy series

Autorentext

R. Scott Bakker is a student of literature, history, philosophy and ancient languages. He divides his time between writing philosophy and fantasy, though he often has difficulty distinguishing between them. He lives in London, Ontario.

Klappentext

A SCORE OF YEARS AFTER HE FIRST WALKED INTO THE HISTORIES OF MEN, ANASÛRIMBOR KELLHUS RULES ALL THE THREE SEAS, THE FIRST TRUE ASPECT-EMPEROR IN A THOUSAND YEARS.

As Kellhus and his Great Ordeal march ever farther into the perilous wastes of the Ancient North, Esmenet finds herself at war with not only the Gods, but her own family as well. Achamian, meanwhile, leads his own ragtag expedition to the legendary ruins of Sauglish, and to a truth he can scarce survive, let alone comprehend.

Into this tumult walks the White-Luck Warrior, assassin and messiah both, executing a mission as old as the World's making . . .

PRAISE FOR R. SCOTT BAKKER

'Exquisitely intelligent and beautifully written . . . Take note, one and all, something remarkable has begun' Steven Erikson

'Leaves most of the competition trailing' Guardian

Zusammenfassung
The second volume in the ambitious and compelling Aspect-Emperor fantasy series