All opposition to the man once derided as the Prince of Nothing has vanished or been vanquished. Their leaders slain, the heathen Fanim have fled in disarray. One final march will bring the Holy War to the fabled city of Shimeh. But so very nnich has changed . . .
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Anasurimbor Kellhus, the Wart'!or-Prophet, now leads the Men of the Tusk. The cUckolden sorcerer Achamian serves as his tutor, betraying his school to keep safe the man he believes can prevent the Second Apocalypse. The Scylvendi barbarian, Cnalur, succumbs finally to madness. The C'onsult, sensing the endgame of millennia of planning. works frantically to prepare for the coming of the No-God. But one question remains unanswered: Kellhus's father, Anasurimbor Moenghus, h~is been stalking the World for more than three decades. If one Anasurimbor can subvert an entire Holy War in less th,an a year, what must a more experienced Anasurirnbor have achieved in thirty? What must two of them together be capable of?
The final reckoning is at hand. Faceless assassins will strike in the dead of night. Kings and Emper?rs will fall. The sorcerous Schools will be unleashed. And AnasurimborKellhus will at last confront his father and the dread revelation of the Thousandfold Thought. What Has Come Before ...