3 ms·
The first book is The Darkness That Comes Before, and it's the beginning of two trilogies (the second of which ends up with four books...) The first three books
by thom 3y ago
The first book is The Darkness That Comes Before, and it's the beginning of two trilogies (the second of which ends up with four books...) The first three books are as good as anything in the genre. They're quite dark, but have very deep metaphysics, the stakes are incredibly high, and the central character is fascinating. I would tempt you more but I'm trying not to spoil anything.
The books do go downhill (as does the author's mental health, I believe). But they are definitely worth knowing.
- beaumayns 3y ago+1 to these books - they have some really interesting worldbuilding. Even the later books have some good parts (quite a good Moria-like sequence, some more exposition on the current state of the insane remnants of Cunuroi society), but they definitely do lose the plot a bit. I'm still not sure myself what really happened in the end.
- thom 3y agoYeah it’s very interesting meeting the youngest Elf. But what happened at the end is pretty clear, I thought, and the series is called the Second Apocalypse after all.
- climb_stealth 3y agoThank you, much appreciated! I have noted them down to start next after my current series. And yep, I'm quite at home with fairly dark books.