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The highly anticipated and explosive finale to the master of grimdark R. Scott Bakker's acclaimed high fantasy seriesIn this shattering conclusion to The Aspect-Emperor books, praised for their "sweeping epic scale and detailed historical world building" (Grimdark Magazine) , R. Scott Bakker delivers the series' feverishly harrowing and long-awaited finish.
About the Author
I grew up in a poor, rural household, the son of a tobacco sharecropper. My love of SF&F occasioned much shame, and I dreamed of finding freedom in university. What I found was only more embarrassment, this time in the shadow of 'academic authority.' I set out to prove both myself and the power of 'pulp,' eventually winning the Henry B. Allison Gold Medal for the highest graduating average in my English Literature program. I've been waging war against piety ever since.
These are the characters closest to my heart, those, perhaps like yourself, trapped between warring tribes. I despise easy answers. I write of ancient wars and long-dead philosophers, extinct races and poets whose words crack walls as readily as hearts. I mourn the worlds I once believed in, and I fear the planet we have become. The themes in my books teeter on the radical edge of the most pressing issues of our day. Among other venues, my philosophical critiques have been featured on CBC Ideas and in The Journal of Consciousness Studies.
