The Black Prism - Brent Weeks

The Black Prism

By Brent Weeks

  • Release Date: 2010-08-25
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 1,324 Ratings
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Description

THE BLACK PRISM begins a brand new action-packed tale of magic and adventure ...

Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live.

When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.

Reviews

  • Black prism

    5
    By ibgybsc
    Easy to dive in and get lost. Exciting concept, actual interesting characters, great book!

  • Good stuff

    5
    By Mattrettig
    I recommend.

  • Some fun stuff, some cringe stuff

    4
    By wishesandkisses
    Good writing, fun magic system, the main kid is a little in-celly to me. Hopefully it’s a loser to hero story and the author is just making him ultra pathetic at the beginning of his journey

  • Magnificent

    5
    By hobbeskiddie
    I don’t know what to write, this whole series is absolutely amazing, the world building feels so real. Too many books feel like the world began at the same time the story did, but you don’t get that. There are Magic and characters whose very inexplicability explains the story further.

  • Confusing

    3
    By PiroBlue
    I thought this book was confusing. There were a lot of strange names for things and people in here. I was having to guess what most of everything was. If it wasn’t for the glossary of terms I would have been totally lost. I didn’t particularly like the story. It is one of those books that sound good from the description but when you get into it you find out it is not as good as the description suggests. I will not be reading any more of this series.

  • Fresh and Fun

    5
    By stoked_flyfishing
    Great book! A mixture of Brandon Sanderson and Robert Jordan’s style of writings. But with even better battle & combat descriptions was very exciting! Has it’s own totally unique magical system that you will find very intriguing. Also, it has a lot of similar aspects to Pillars of Eternity Deadfire.

  • Very fun read

    5
    By CowbelI
    This series was fantastic! I was not a “reader” before getting into this series. It sparked an interest in reading for the first time in my life. “The powder mage” series is also fantastic!

  • Lightbringer series

    5
    By scitypeacock
    Amazing series, couldn’t put down the books till I finished the whole series.

  • 🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻

    5
    By Beautyguru1
    Thanks

  • 10/10 Would Recommend!

    5
    By VPtts
    This is possibly the best fantasy series I've read (and I'm on a bit of a fantasy kick, so there have been quite a lot). I've read all four available books so far and this series is absolutely mind blowing. The first book was a little slow at first because there are so many characters and there is so much background to be covered, but once it kicks into high gear there are twists and turns throughout the entire series. The world gets bigger with each book and it expands into this beautiful story that covers many aspects of life in the real world (religion, politics, morality and love for example). It's not what I expected, but definitely in a good way. Truly, if you're looking for a good series to get started on, don't hesitate!

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