"WHO ARE THE DUNYAIN?"
A monastic cult dedicated to intellect, hidden in the mountains away from the world. Training in isolation for 2000 years, forever bent to one task, becoming a self moving soul. Forever seeking to free themselves from the chains of ignorance that bind all men and to rise above the cycle of before and after.
Welcome, dear readers, to R. Scott Bakker's The Second Apocalypse. A series that surpasses in scope Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, a world with more intrigue than GRRM A Game of Thrones, and where Gods and magic are more deeply infused into the world than Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen.
"Take note, one and all, something amazing has begun" - Steven Erickson, his review of the first title in this series: The Darkness That Comes Before.
The journey will be long, and is not for the faint of heart, but for those who hold fast to the course, you will find a fantasy world the likes of which you have never before seen.
This website contains many spoilers for the series. If you are new to the series and are interested in finding out more, here is a pretty safe place to start:
http://www.second-apocalypse.com/index.php?board=10.0If you'd like more information, make an account and send a private message to Madness or myself.