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The Judging Eye

The Aspect-Emperor, Book 1

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The Judging Eye

Written by: R. Scott Bakker
Narrated by: Kevin Orton
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A luminary in the fantasy genre firmament, R. Scott Bakker returns fans to his acclaimed Prince of Nothing universe with The Judging Eye. Aspect-Emperor Kellhus is waging a terrifying war, subjugating all nations in his path. There are those willing to stand together against him, but these rebellious souls must act quickly and decisively to thwart his mad schemes of power and domination.

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While the sections with Esme dragged a bit because her young child is boring, the Great Ordeal marching was much more interesting. The trek under the mountain and the reveal of the judging eye would have been enough to give this 5 stars. So much happened and so much was revealed. Riveting stuff.

You’ll find the change in narration jarring. The guy who narrated The Prince of Nothing trilogy was amazing, where this new fellow is like James T Kirk and Vincent Price overdramatizing everything. The good news is that if you can bear it, the narrator improves tremendous amount. Just passed the halfway mark, if I remember correctly, that all stops and he reads it without that weird cadence and is much more enjoyable.

Also: for some absolutely idiotic reason the recap for the previous trilogy is after chapter 21 in this book, right after the epilogue. Don’t know why they’d choose to do that. Absolutely moronic. I’m sure the book does not present it that way.

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