Series
The Second Apocalypse
R. Scott Bakker · 7 novels · 1 novelette · 1 short story · 2003–2017
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- The Prince of Nothing(3 works)
- The Aspect-Emperor(4 works)
Map
The Second Apocalypse at the centre, 2 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s4
- 2010s5
Shape
7 novels · 1 novelette · 1 short story
1 author
reads like:epic fantasywarsecondary worldtimeless or unspecifieddarkadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
grim · intensebright · intensegrim · calmbright · calmtenseadventurousdarkeeriefunnylightheartedrelaxingsadcatalogthis series
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book7 of 9 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Judging Eyedarkest · most intense
- The Thousandfold Thoughtbrightest
- The Darkness That Comes Beforecalmest