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Praise for The Judging Eye ÂThis book marks a triumphant return for the most philosophical and literary epic fantasy writer around. -
The Wertzone ÂItÂs got everything that the preceding books had and a lot more. -
GraemeÂs Fantasy Review Â(Bakker) presents a literary and philosophical depth largely absent from the genreÂ
shows maturity as an author and demonstrates why his name belongs among the best epic fantasy authors. Â
Nethspace Â
The Judging Eye is an incredibly smart and smart ass title to a book that deceives in being BakkerÂs most straight forward readÂ
How Bakker continues to move Kellhus in mysterious ways is something I canÂt wait to witness more of. Â
BookSpotCentral ÂThe worldbuilding is once again head and shoulders above what is currently the norm in today's fantasy market. The evocative narrative is rich in details, and the Middle Eastern setting continues to be a joy to discover. The universe of Eärwa resounds with depthÂ
It's R. Scott Bakker writing at the top of his game. Â
PatÂs Fantasy Hotlist Â
The Judging Eye is more accessible to the average reader without sacrificing the depth that gained Bakker so much acclaim. A powerful start to a new trilogy." Â
CinemaRatty, ÂBloggerÂs Favorites of 2008Â
ÂA journey unlike any other you have experienced. Part Dante's Inferno and part Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, this is fantasy literature like you've never read before. Â
Blogcritics ÂIn a very short time, author R. Scott Bakker has proven that he is well on his way to building a universe that is arguably comparable with those created by the likes of Frank Herbert (
Dune) and Isaac Asimov (
Foundation). What Bakker does that his contemporaries do not and that those SFF luminaries did was completely imagine -- from the ground up -- a universe so satisfyingly detailed you felt as though you could slip inside. Â
January Magazine ÂA powerful start to a new trilogy. Â
SFFWorld.com, ÂFavorite BooksÂ
ÂFull of absolutely brilliant vignettesÂ
The Judging Eye is a must-read that will not only appeal to fans of R. Scott BakkerÂs brilliant Prince of Nothing trilogy, but also new readers wanting to see what all the fuss is about. Â
FantasyBookCritic Praise for The Prince of Nothing Series "[Bakker] clamps his hand over yours and simply does not let go...Amid the cluttered shelves of the Epic Fantasy genre, Bakker is a name that stands out among not just the new writers in the crowd but established and recognized names."--
Sffworld "The entire series is going to set a new standard for fantasy writers everywhere."--
The Alien Online "Exquisitely intelligent and beautifully written...this is fantasy with muscle and brains, rife with intrigue and admirable depth of character, set in a world laden with history and detail."
-Steve Erikson, author of
Gardens of the Moon
Kurzbeschreibung
A cult author now in the mainstream, the thrilling return of R. Scott Bakker and The Prince of Nothing universe.
The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior Prophet, and
The Thousandfold Thought --collectively the Prince of Nothing Saga-were R. Scott Bakker's magnificent debut into the upper echelon of epic fantasy. In those three books, Bakker created a world that was at once a triumph of the fantastic and an historical epic as real as any that came before.
Widely praised by reviewers and a growing body of fans, Bakker has already established the reputation as one of the smartest writers in the fantasy genre-a writer in the line stretching from Homer to Peake to Tolkein. Now he returns to The Prince of Nothing with the long awaited
The Judging Eye, the first book in an all-new series. Set twenty years after the end of
The Thousandfold Thought, Bakker reintroduces us to a world that is at once familiar but also very different than the one readers thought they knew. Delving even further into his richly imagined universe of myth, violence, and sorcery, and fully 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 today's literature.