The Judging Eye

With this first book of his Aspect-Emperor trilogy, R. Scott Bakker returns to the world he created for The Prince of Nothing, giving readers a story filled with action, treachery, passion, and detail. Two thousand years have passed since the No-God last walked the earth; now Anasûrimbor Kellhus has seized absolute power with the promise of preventing his dread return.Will Kellhus save the world or has the end already begun?

Scott Bakker is the recipient of a Canada Council for the Arts Fellowship, a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Fellowship, and the winner of the Helen B. Allison Gold Medal. He is the author of five critically acclaimed novels, including the Prince of Nothing Trilogy, a series that Publisher’s Weekly calls “a work of unforgettable power.” His novels been translated into more than a dozen languages. He lives in London, Ontario with his wife and daughter.