The Unholy Consult

Name: The Unholy Consult
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: R. Scott Bakker
ISBN: 9781501978289

Author: R. Scott Bakker

Series: Aspect-Emperor #4

Narrator: Kevin Orton

Unabridged: 21 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/05/2017

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Epic

Synopsis

In this shattering conclusion to The Aspect-Emperor books, praised for their “sweeping epic scale and detailed historical world-building”* R. Scott Bakker delivers the harrowing and long-awaited finish to a story cycle that has stretched across seven books in two series. In The Unholy Consult, the Men of the Great Ordeal have been abandoned by Anasûrimbor Kellhus, and the grand crusade has devolved into cannibalism and chaos. When Exalt-General Proyas, with Prince-Imperial Kayutas at his side, attempts to gain control of the lost Men and continue their march to Golgotterath, it rapidly becomes clear that the lost Lord-and-Prophet is not so easily shaken from the mission. When Sorweel, the Believer-King of Sakarpus, and Serwa, daughter of the Aspect-Emperor, join the Great Ordeal, they discover that the shortest path is not always the most obvious, or the safest. Souls, morality, and relationships are called into question when no one can be trusted, and the price for their sins is greater than they imagined. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Bakker’s groundbreaking series is epic fantasy not to be missed. An uncompromising portrayal of a catastrophic world of myth, war, and sorcery, the scope and creativity of the Aspect-Emperor books stand alongside George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peterb on August 23, 2017

[EDIT: Now that the book has been released, until I read the book, I have revised this review from 1 to 3 stars. I leave the review in place as an historical Goodreads artifact.] I was very disappointed in The Unholy Consult. This is a book with some major, major problems. Initially, I was super excit......more

Goodreads review by Ron on August 15, 2022

This is the epic ending of a large dark fantasy sub-series. Plot. Rating 5 I liked the plot of the book even though it is somewhat predictable and similar to the plot of the books in the first cycle. The final book ends the storylines of the entire sub-series brilliantly, based on the features of the......more

Goodreads review by Mike on September 11, 2017

The Darkness That Comes Before review The Warrior Prophet review The Thousandfold Thought review The Judging Eye review The White Luck Warrior review The Great Ordeal review If there is one thing this series has demonstrated again and again is that it does not stick to conventional fantasy narratives.......more

Goodreads review by Brent on September 20, 2024

2024 update: Reread really improved this one. I still think it's the most challenging of all the books to read and could have used some editing in both the prose and dialogue because Bakker let's it all hang out a little too much to where even people in this series probably don't talk like that. Tha......more

Goodreads review by Corey James on July 09, 2017

A review came swirling down... I have now read six gargantuan tomes of the Second Apocalypse - my slog of slogs, my Great Ordeal, and in this final outing we will have our questions answered - let's grab Golgotterath by the horns and get on with it. I read the first one as it was pitched as a gritty......more