The Blinding Knife

Book Details

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Author(s):

Brent Weeks

First Pub:

2012

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

2022

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

115 chapters

Internal ID:

2513

Series:

The Black Prism
The Broken Eye

Lightbringer*

#2 of 5

Lightbringer*

A fantasy series written by Brent Weeks

View this series in the book list

1) The Black Prism
2) The Blinding Knife
3) The Broken Eye
4) The Blood Mirror
5) The Burning White

Copyright:

Dedication:

For my wife, Kristi,

And for all the others who kept faith
when the time for giving up seemed long past.

First Sentence:

Gavin Guile lay on his back on a narrow skimmer floating in the middle of the sea.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The door to the deck slapped closed, and chains rattled through the handles, trapping Gavin in a blacker darkness then he had ever known.

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Added: 03-Oct-2019

Last Updated: 03-Oct-2024

26-Sep-2012

Hachette Audio

Audiobook

Date Issued:

26-Sep-2012

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

$19.99

Length:

24 hrs 14 min

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2061

Publisher:

Hachette Audio

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Simon Vance - Narration

From amazon.com:

Gavin Guile is dying.

He'd thought he had five years left - now he has less than one. With 50,0000 refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiancée who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin has problems on every side. All magic in the world is running wild and threatens to destroy the Seven Satrapies. Worst of all, the old gods are being reborn, and their army of color wights is unstoppable. The only salvation may be the brother whose freedom and life Gavin stole 16 years ago.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Other book covers for this series run

Date Issued:

27-Aug-2013

Format:

Trade Paperback

Cover Price:

$17.99

Pages*:

671

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 29 Jan 2022 - 4 Feb 2022

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2092

Publisher:

Orbit US

ISBN:

0-316-06814-4

ISBN-13:

978-0-316-06814-7

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Chad Roberts Design - Map
Shirley Green - Cover Photograph
Silas Manhood - Cover Artist
Lauren Panepinto - Cover Design

Gavin Guile is dying.

He'd thought he'd have five years left - now he has less than one. With fifty thousand refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiancée who may have learned his darkest secret, Gavin has problems on every side. All magic in the world is running wild and threatens to destroy the Seven Satrapies. Worst of all, the old gods are being reborn, and their army of color wights is unstoppable.

The only salvation may be the brother whose freedom and life Gavin stole sixteen years ago.

WITH OVER TWO MILLION COPIES IN PRINT, BRENT WEEKS HAS BECOME ONE OF THE FASTEST SELLING NEW FANTASY AUTHORS OF ALL TIME.

PRAISE FOR THE LIGHTBRINGER SERIES:

"An exuberant epic fantasy that I could read thousands of pages of and still want more."
-fantasybookcritic.com on The Blinding Knife

"Weeks has written an epic fantasy unlike ano of its comtemporaries. It is truly a visionary and original work, and has set the bar high for others in its subgenre."
- graspingforthewind.com on The Black Prism

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First trade edition: August 2013
11th printing based on number line
Other prices: Canada: $22.99

Other book covers for this series run

26-Sep-2012
Hachette Audio
Audiobook

27-Aug-2013
Orbit US
Trade Paperback

Author(s)

Brent Weeks
Birth: 07 Mar 1977 Montana, USA

Awards

2012	Good Reads	Best Fantasy	Nominee
2013	David Gemmell Awards	Legend Award	Winner

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