![“Intelligent” is a term trotted out so often by publishers that it has become almost worthless – which is hard for the likes of Bakker, whose [The Darkness That Comes Before] truly is intelligent, and original, and all those other overused words.
– The Guardian](https://www.rscottbakker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/darkness2502-69448_165x250.jpg)
SFX Magazine
“R. Scott Bakker is a class act like George R. R. Martin, or his fellow Canadians Steven Erikson and Guy Gavriel Kay.” — SFX Magazine
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“One of the finest new fantasy creations in recent memory, a dazzling epic that breaks utterly free of the conventions of its genre.” —Toronto Star
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“A powerful, engrossing, ferociously intelligent novel that sees Bakker at the very top of his game. It leaves the reader on the edge of their seat for the concluding volume of the trilogy, the Unholy Consult” – The Wertzone
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