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As the old gods awaken and satrapies splinter, the Chromeria races to find the only man who can still end a civil war before it engulfs the known world in the third novel of the NYT bestselling Lightbringer series by Brent Week. As the old gods awaken and satrapies splinter, the Chromeria races to find the only man who can still end a civil war before it engulfs the known world. But Gavin Guile has been captured by an old enemy and enslaved on a pirate galley. Worse still, Gavin has lost more than his powers as Prism -- he can't use magic at all. Without the protection of his father, Kip Guile will face a master of shadows as his grandfather moves to choose a new Prism and put himself in power. With Teia and Karris, Kip will have to use all his wits to survive a secret war between noble houses, religious factions, rebels, and an ascendant order of hidden assassins called The Broken Eye.

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The Blinding Knife was even better than the The Black Prism (and that's saying something!) --B&N.com on The Blinding Knife The Blinding Knife is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively-wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor. --The Ranting Dragon on The Blinding Knife Bestseller Weeks keeps the pot simmering with many secrets revealed and much verbal sparring... Weeks deftly moves the pieces around his chessboard, snapping them with assured feeling onto their new squares in preparation for a climactic confrontation. --Publishers Weekly on The Blood Mirror Brent Weeks has a style and immediacy of detail that pulls the reader relentlessly into his story. He doesn't allow you to look away. --Robin Hobb on The Black Prism Brent Weeks is so good it's starting to tick me off. --Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestselling author of The Desert Spear on The Night Angel Trilogy His plot feels like an orchestrated chess match between genius grandmasters. --Publishers Weekly on The Broken Eye One of the best epic fantasies I've ever read. --Staffer's Book Review on The Blinding Knife The Lightbringer series is great fun. Nobody does breakneck pacing and amazingly executed plot twists like Brent Weeks. --Brian McClellan, author of Promise of Blood on The Black Prism Weeks has written an epic fantasy unlike any of its contemporaries. It is a truly visionary and original work, and has set the bar high for others in its subgenre. --graspingforthewind.com on The Black Prism Weeks manages to ring new tunes on...old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way. --Publishers Weekly on The Black Prism

"""The Blinding Knife was even better than the The Black Prism (and that's saying something!)""--B&N.com on The Blinding Knife ""The Blinding Knife is a wonderful work of high fantasy with engaging characters facing the perfect antagonists, set in a creatively-wrought and increasingly chaotic world brimful of imaginative magic and interesting politics. Weeks holds fast to the traditions of his genre while adding a compelling new flavor.""--The Ranting Dragon on The Blinding Knife ""Bestseller Weeks keeps the pot simmering with many secrets revealed and much verbal sparring... Weeks deftly moves the pieces around his chessboard, snapping them with assured feeling onto their new squares in preparation for a climactic confrontation.""--Publishers Weekly on The Blood Mirror ""Brent Weeks has a style and immediacy of detail that pulls the reader relentlessly into his story. He doesn't allow you to look away.""--Robin Hobb on The Black Prism ""Brent Weeks is so good it's starting to tick me off.""--Peter V. Brett, New York Times bestselling author of The Desert Spear on The Night Angel Trilogy ""His plot feels like an orchestrated chess match between genius grandmasters.""--Publishers Weekly on The Broken Eye ""One of the best epic fantasies I've ever read.""--Staffer's Book Review on The Blinding Knife ""The Lightbringer series is great fun. Nobody does breakneck pacing and amazingly executed plot twists like Brent Weeks.""--Brian McClellan, author of Promise of Blood on The Black Prism ""Weeks has written an epic fantasy unlike any of its contemporaries. It is a truly visionary and original work, and has set the bar high for others in its subgenre.""--graspingforthewind.com on The Black Prism ""Weeks manages to ring new tunes on...old bells, letting a deep background slowly reveal its secrets and presenting his characters in a realistically flawed and human way.""--Publishers Weekly on The Black Prism"

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Brent Weeks was born and raised in Montana. He wrote on bar napkins and lesson plans before landing his dream job years and thousands of pages later. Brent lives in Oregon with his wife, Kristi, and their daughters. Find out more about the author at www.brentweeks.com or on Twitter @brentweeks.

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