It impacts the way Bakker intwines significant themes with his character arcs, especially with regard to internal and external identity. The grim setting lends itself as more than just a backdrop. The world of The Darkness That Comes Before is equally bleak for everyone: something Bakker makes abundantly clear throughout the narrative. As the struggle for control over the crusade heightens, history reveals itself in the usual way: through its survivors. At the story’s center lies an unknown traveler whose connections and influences shape the world and people around him. Bakker weaves together a mysterious history from two thousand years before with an uncertain present as thousands gather in pursuit of a holy war. The first book in The Prince of Nothing Trilogy, The Darkness That Comes Before, lays the groundwork for a world remade by an apocalyptic event. I was keen to see what my own experience would bring. Scott Bakker’s The Darkness That Comes Before has a divisive effect: readers who love it, laud it with endless praise, but those who despise it, vocalize their criticisms ardently.
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