The White-Luck Warrior - (Aspect-Emperor) by R Scott Bakker (Paperback)

About the Book

Acclaimed author Bakker returns with the long-awaited second book in the Aspect-Emperor series--a story filled with heartstopping action, devious treachery, grand passion, and meticulous detail.

Book Synopsis

The epic fantasy adventure of warring emperors, wizards, and gods continues in this sequel to The Judging Eye.

Ruler Anasurimbor Kellhus and his Great Ordeal march ever farther into the Ancient North, toward an epic conflict with the Consult. Kellhus's consort Esmenet, charged with maintaining the empire, finds herself at war with gods as well as her own family.

Exiled wizard Achamian, meanwhile, leads his own ragtag mission to the legendary ruins of Sauglish to confront a horrifying truth. Into this tumult walks the White-Luck Warrior, assassin and messiah both.

An uncompromising portrayal of a catastrophic world of myth, war, and sorcery, the scope and creativity of the Aspect-Emperor books stand alongside George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.

The Aspect-Emperor Series:

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

Review Quotes

"A fine example of the new anti-epic fiction at its best . . . This is one of the more brilliant pieces of writing that you're liable to read for a long time." "Seattle Post-Intelligencer"

"Bakker has been praised by fans and critics around the world for his thoughtful, complex and meticulously detailed world, his colorful and credible characters, and his deviously intriguing, action-packed plotting." "Globe and Mail"

"One of the major-league fantasy releases of 2011, the highly awaited "The White-Luck Warrior"by Scott Bakker . . . Nobody can deny the powerful nature of those books . . . Overall [Bakker's books have] enriched the potential of the fantasy genre quite a lot." Fantasy Book Critic
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"One of the major-league fantasy releases of 2011, the highly awaited "The White-Luck Warrior"by Scott Bakker . . . Nobody can deny the powerful nature of those books . . . Overall [Bakker's books have] enriched the potential of the fantasy genre quite a lot."----Fantasy Book Criti


"Bakker has been praised by fans and critics around the world for his thoughtful, complex and meticulously detailed world, his colorful and credible characters, and his deviously intriguing, action-packed plotting."---"Globe and Mail"


Praise for "White Luck Warrior"
"One of Canada's most successful fantasy writers, Bakker has been praised by fans and critics around the world for his thoughtful, complex and meticulously detailed world, his colourful and credible characters, and his deviously intriguing, action-packed plotting." -- "Globe and Mail " (CAN)
"As cerebral and intricate as the first book in the Aspect-Emperor trilogy, "The Judging Eye" . . . A must for readers rapt by the overall conception." -- "Booklist"
"["The White-Luck Warrior"] raises the stakes, expands the backstory and furthers the understanding of both the characters and reader of what is happening . . . It is a monumentally satisfying work of epic fantasy and probably the finest volume in this subgenre published for half a decade . . . With this series, Bakker has taken the most basic of epic fantasy plots . . . and empowered it with motivation and ambition before not so much deconstructing it as tearing it apart and r

Praise for R. Scott Bakker:

"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"

"The author of "The Prince of Nothing" series ("The Darkness That Comes Before"; "The Warrior-Prophet; The Thousandfold Thought") understands the art of crafting fantasy epics spiced with exotic trappings and should attract fans of epic fantasy." --"Library Journal" "One of the finest new fantasy creations in recent memory, a dazzling epic that breaks utterly free of the conventions of its genre." --"Toronto Star"

"Bakker's narrative remains one of the most ambitious in epic fantasy." -- fantasybookspot.com

Praise for R. Scott Bakker:

?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"

?One of the finest new fantasy creations in recent memory, a dazzling epic that breaks utterly free of the conventions of its genre.? --"Toronto Star"

?Bakker's narrative remains one of the most ambitious in epic fantasy.? ?fantasybookspot.com

Praise for R. Scott Bakker:
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"
One of the finest new fantasy creations in recent memory, a dazzling epic that breaks utterly free of the conventions of its genre. --"Toronto Star"
Bakker s narrative remains one of the most ambitious in epic fantasy. fantasybookspot.com

About the Author

R. Scott Bakker is a student of literature, history, philosophy, and ancient languages. His books include the Prince of Nothing trilogy: The Darkness that Comes Before, The Warrior Prophet, and The Thousandfold Thought. The Aspect-Emperor series is a sequel series that includes The Judging Eye, The White-Luck Warrior, The Great Ordeal, and The Unholy Consult. He lives in London, Ontario.