The Darkness That Comes Before
core novel 2003 The Second Apocalypse
Record
| First published | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.85 (24,162 ratings, collected 2026-08-11) |
| Page count | 608 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781590201183 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Second Apocalypse
- Series: The Prince of Nothing core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R. Scott Bakker
Notes
- From the series record (The Prince of Nothing): Completed trilogy, the series' first arc.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Prince of Nothing: position 1 of 3: next The Warrior-Prophet (2004)
- Internal chronology, within The Second Apocalypse: position 1 of 7: next The Warrior-Prophet (2004)
Sources
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