The Judging Eye

R. Scott Bakker

Overlook Press, 2009 - Fiction - 437 pages

A cult author now in the mainstream, the thrilling return of R. Scott Bakker and The Prince of Nothing universe.

The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior Prophet, and The Thousandfold Thought --collectively the Prince of Nothing Saga-were R. Scott Bakker's magnificent debut into the upper echelon of epic fantasy. In those three books, Bakker created a world that was at once a triumph of the fantastic and an historical epic as real as any that came before.

Widely praised by reviewers and a growing body of fans, Bakker has already established the reputation as one of the smartest writers in the fantasy genre-a writer in the line stretching from Homer to Peake to Tolkein. Now he returns to The Prince of Nothing with the long awaited The Judging Eye, the first book in an all-new series. Set twenty years after the end of The Thousandfold Thought, Bakker reintroduces us to a world that is at once familiar but also very different than the one readers thought they knew. Delving even further into his richly imagined universe of myth, violence, and sorcery, and fully remolding the fantasy genre to broaden the scope of intricacy and meaning, R. Scott Bakker has once again written a fantasy novel that defies all expectations and rewards the reader with an experience unlike any to be had in the canon of today's literature.

What people are saying

Review: The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor #1)

User Review  - James - Goodreads

This book follows the prince of nothing series previously written by this author, set 20+ years in the future. The story follows 3 main storylines, one focusing on the wife of the emperor and his ...

Review: The Judging Eye (Aspect-Emperor #1)

User Review  - Ian - Goodreads

I've said it once, I shall say it again; Bakker is the Master of vocabulary. A criminally overlooked author who puts many to shame, but due to the lack of easy access to his books (ie; they can be ...

About the author

R. Scott Bakker holds a BA in English language and literature, an MA in theory and criticism, and a PhD in philosophy from Vanderbilt University. He lives in Monterey, California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Judging Eye; Book 1 of The Aspect-emperor, R. Scott Bakker
• Author: R. Scott Bakker
• Publisher: Overlook Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1590201698, 9781590201695
• Length: 437 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General