R. Scott Bakker is een auteur wiens werken worden gekenmerkt door diepe filosofische reflectie en epische omvang. Zijn schrijven richt zich voornamelijk op uitgebreide saga's die complexe thema's onderzoeken, zoals de aard van het kwaad, het lot en de menselijke wil. Bakker schuwt er niet voor om zich te verdiepen in de donkere kanten van het bestaan, met een stijl die vaak wordt omschreven als uitdagend maar meeslepend. Zijn verhalen zijn meesterlijke mozaïeken van personages en motieven die lezers dwingen na te denken over de grenzen van kennis.
This anthology showcases nineteen dark and magical stories that spotlight formidable and cunning antagonists in fantasy literature. Readers will find themselves rooting for these villains as they engage in ruthless actions for their own purposes. Each tale invites a deeper exploration of morality, suggesting that evil is often a matter of perspective, and challenges the traditional hero narrative by placing these complex characters at the forefront.
The highly anticipated finale to R. Scott Bakker's acclaimed Aspect-Emperor series
The "terrifying and astonishing" (Ian C. Esselmont) third installment of R. Scott Bakker's acclaimed series
Praised by readers and critics around the world, R. Scott Bakker has become one of the most celebrated voices in fantasy fiction. The Aspect-Emperor trilogy follows on from the acclaimed Prince of Nothing saga, and The White-Luck Warrior is the chilling second book in the new series. Ruler Anasurimbor Kellhus and his Great Ordeal march ever farther into the Ancient North, as his consort Esmenet finds herself at war. Exiled wizard Achamian, meanwhile, leads his own ragtag mission to the legendary ruins of Sauglish. Into this tumult walks the White-Luck Warrior, assassin and messiah both . . . . . . In this ambitious volume, Bakker delves even further into his richly imagined universe of myth, violence, and sorcery.
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.The masses worship Kellhus as a living god, though a few dare claim he's a walking demon. With Proyas and Saubon as his Exalt-Generals, he leads a holy war deep into the wastes of the Ancient North, intent on preventing the Second Apocalypse.Meanwhile his wife and consort, Esmenet, remains in Momemn where she struggles to rule not only his vast empire, but their murderous children as well. And Achamian, who lives as a Wizard in embittered exile, undertakes a mad quest to uncover the origins of the Dûnyain.But Achamian, of all people, should know that one must be very careful what one seeks...
Thomas Bible, profesor psychológie na Kolumbijskej univerzite, sa ani po roku nevyrovnal s rozvodom, samotou a skutočnosťou, že syna a dcéru vidí len raz za čas. Ako by to nestačilo, v jeho živote sa objavia agenti FBI a žiadajú ho o pomoc pri pátraní po jeho najlepšom priateľovi. Neil Cassidy je totiž podľa nich psychicky narušený vrah, ktorý je ako bývalý pracovník štátnej tajnej služby expertom na fyzickú manipuláciu s ľudským mozgom. Pátranie vtiahne Thomasa do víru nečakaných zvratov a šokujúcich odhalení. Nielenže je nútený prehodnotiť vlastnú minulosť, ale navyše musí bojovať so zaužívanými predstavami o človeku ako mysliacej bytosti so slobodnou vôľou. Lebo čo ak je celý náš život len nekonečnou sériou sebaklamov a v skutočnosti sme len rozprávajúce bábky? Kontroverzný psychologický triler sa odohráva v neďalekej budúcnosti na pozadí ekologických katastrof, kde nikto neunikne pozornému oku "veľkého brata" a médiá každý deň informujú o nových výčinoch vraždiaceho maniaka s prezývkou Chiropraktik.
The epic conclusion to theacclaimed Prince of Nothing trilogy.
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.
The second book in R. Scott Bakker's acclaimed fantasy masterpiece, The Prince of Nothing