The Unholy Consult
core novel 2017 The Second Apocalypse
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.96 (2,961 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 632 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781468314861 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
The Unholy Consult concludes the Aspect-Emperor series, part of the wider Second Apocalypse universe set two decades after the events of the Prince of Nothing trilogy. As the Great Ordeal finally reaches the Consult's ancient stronghold at Golgotterath, the campaign Anasûrimbor Kellhus launched years earlier arrives at its decisive confrontation, bringing the empire-spanning conflict he has built and led to a head. The threads pursued separately by Drusas Achamian and other characters across the preceding volumes converge with the military campaign, as the true nature of the threat the Ordeal was raised to stop, and of Kellhus's own extraordinary rise, comes under direct and final pressure.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Second Apocalypse
- Series: The Aspect-Emperor core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R. Scott Bakker
Notes
- From the series record (The Aspect-Emperor): Completed tetralogy, set 20 years after The Prince of Nothing.
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 Aspect-Emperor: position 4 of 4: previous The Great Ordeal (2016)
- Internal chronology, within The Second Apocalypse: position 7 of 7: previous The Great Ordeal (2016)
Sources
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