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THE DARKNESS THAT COMES BEFORE
by R. Scott Bakker
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 1585675598
- ISBN 13
- 9781585675593
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: The Overlook Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good +. First Edition. Quarter black paper over gray paper-covered boards with silver-stamped particulars to spine; debossed publisher's emblem to front board. Pages are clean and unmarked. Text block has light shelf wear with red marking to top edge. Boards are sunned at top and lower edges; front board is clean; soiling to rear board at lower edge; ends of spine are bumped. Binding is tight and square. Dust jacket is clean, bright and unmarked with light creasing to edges, corners and ends of spine.
Synopsis
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. Martin.It's a world scarred by an acopalyptic past, evoking a time both two thousand years past and two thousand years into the future, as untold thousands gather for a crusade. Travelling 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.With this stunning debut, R. Scott Bakker is poised to become one of the next great fantasy writers of his generation. The Darkness that Comes Before proves again that epic fantasy can be intelligent, majestic, and terrifying.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64295
- Title
- THE DARKNESS THAT COMES BEFORE
- Author
- R. Scott Bakker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1585675598
- ISBN 13
- 9781585675593
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
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Chamblee, Georgia
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- Sunned
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- Text Block
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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