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L'Imperatore Aspetto Serie

Questa saga epica si svolge in un mondo governato da una figura carismatica ma controversa, acclamata come dio e temuta come demone. Narra le sue lotte di potere, le guerre sante e la missione di prevenire un'apocalisse, mentre la sua famiglia naviga nelle insidiose politiche di corte e nelle proprie oscure eredità. Contemporaneamente, riemergono antichi misteri e poteri dimenticati, minacciando di rimodellare il destino dell'umanità. Questa serie approfondisce temi come il potere, la fede, il destino e l'influenza corruttiva dell'autorità assoluta.

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

Ordine di lettura consigliato

  1. The Judging Eye

    • 416pagine
    • 15 ore di lettura

    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 Eye1
    4,2

  2. The White-Luck Warrior

    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 Warrior2
    4,1

  3. The Great Ordeal

    • 512pagine
    • 18 ore di lettura

    The "terrifying and astonishing" (Ian C. Esselmont) third installment of R. Scott Bakker's acclaimed series

    The Great Ordeal3
    4,2