The release date for the English version of 'The Darkness That Comes Before' by
R. Scott Bakker is May 2005. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series opens with a world built from the ground up, complete with languages and social classes, cities, mysteries, taboos, and customs. With many millions of people coming together for a crusade, the globe is marred by horrific previous events, suggesting a period both two thousand years in the past and two thousand years in the future. Among them, two men and two women are taken captive by an enigmatic visitor from long-dead regions named Anasûrimbor Kellhus. Kellhus is a combination warrior, philosopher, and seductive presence. This great holy conflict is chronicled in The Darkness That Comes Before, and like all histories, its ending is written by the survivors.