The Warrior Prophet : The Prince of Nothing - Book Two (Hardcover)

from renbedell

The 2nd book in the Prince of Nothing series continues where the first book left off and continues the Holy War and the internal strife of all the characters introduced. The book is very much a characterization book with the plot serving as a vehicle. The characters are great, deep, complex, and ...

from Cecrow

I liked the first book, first novel hiccups aside, and there's enough action and intrigue in this second one to keep the pages turning - it's a good story. I wish I better knew the philosophy field because apparently he's converted some key concepts into narrative here. The writing has a few mino...

from stillatim

I loved the first book in the series, but it turns out that what I liked was the world-painting aspects of the thing: learning about the people, the characters, the history of the world Bakker made up. The story's good, but for the first half of this volume I was a bit bored. The problem is simpl...

from selfnoise

Shares most of the strengths of the first novel, while moving with a slightly more self-assured pace and tone. Good conceptual grounding and an interesting world. Great battle scenes and political intrigue, as well as a unique and interesting central character. Marred by an all-too-common interes...

from stillatim

I loved the first book in the series, but it turns out that what I liked was the world-painting aspects of the thing: learning about the people, the characters, the history of the world Bakker made up. The story's good, but for the first half of this volume I was a bit bored. The problem is simpl...