The Thousandfold Thought
core novel 2006 The Second Apocalypse
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.95 (13,561 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 560 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781590201206 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The Thousandfold Thought brings the Prince of Nothing trilogy to its climax as the Holy War finally reaches Shimeh, the city that has been its object since the campaign's beginning. Kellhus's carefully built influence over the war's leaders and soldiers comes to bear fully as the long march culminates in the city's siege, while Drusas Achamian's investigations into apocalyptic prophecy and the hidden Consult reach a critical point of their own. The novel draws together the political, religious, and sorcerous threads developed across the trilogy, as the true stakes of Kellhus's rise and the ancient threat gathering in the shadows become increasingly clear to the characters caught between them.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Second Apocalypse
- Series: The Prince of Nothing core; position 3 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 3 of 3: previous The Warrior-Prophet (2004)
- Internal chronology, within The Second Apocalypse: position 3 of 7: previous The Warrior-Prophet (2004) · next The Judging Eye (2009)
Sources
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