The Darkness That Comes Before
Our rating
Spice: mild. Darkness: extremely dark.
A holy war is forming, and a monk named Kellhus, trained for generations to read and steer people, walks out of the wilderness to use it. Dense, philosophical and relentlessly bleak, especially toward its women. Some readers find it profound and others bounce off hard.
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Is The Darkness That Comes Before spicy?
A little. There are one or two intimate scenes in The Darkness That Comes Before, but they aren't very explicit. We rate it 2 out of 5.
How dark is The Darkness That Comes Before?
We rate The Darkness That Comes Before 5 out of 5 for darkness (extremely dark). The big content warnings are sexual assault, war, graphic violence, physical or emotional abuse. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The Prince of Nothing in order?
The Darkness That Comes Before is book 1 of The Prince of Nothing, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
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Content warnings
Show 4 content warnings for The Darkness That Comes Before
- Sexual assault
- War
- Graphic violence
- Physical or emotional abuse
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Details
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 589
- First published
- 2003
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
