- Emperors, Fiction, Magic, Fathers and sons
Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. But Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five impossible goals. But when Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.
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Classical in form, epic, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Brent Weeks
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 659
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited, İthaki Yayınları, Orbit
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9781841499031
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“Kip crawled toward the battlefield in the darkness, the mist pressing down, blotting out sound, scattering starlight.”
Brent Weeks was born and raised in Montana. After getting his paper keys from Hillsdale College, Brent had brief stints walking the earth like Caine from *Kung Fu*, tending bar, and corrupting the youth. (Not at the same time.) He started writing on bar napkins, then on lesson plans, then full time. Eventually, someone paid him for it. Brent lives in Oregon with his wife Kristi. he doesn't own cats or wear a ponytail.
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