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The Aspect-Emperor Series

This epic saga unfolds in a world ruled by a charismatic yet controversial figure, hailed as a god and feared as a demon. It chronicles his power struggles, holy wars, and quest to prevent an apocalypse, while his family navigates treacherous court politics and their own dark legacies. Simultaneously, ancient mysteries and forgotten powers resurface, threatening to reshape the fate of humanity. This series delves into themes of power, faith, destiny, and the corrupting influence of absolute authority.

The Unholy Consult
The Great Ordeal
The White-Luck Warrior
The Judging Eye

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    The Judging Eye

    • 416 pages
    • 15 hours of reading
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    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...

    The Judging Eye
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    The White-Luck Warrior

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    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.

    The White-Luck Warrior
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