The Great Ordeal by R. Scott Bakker

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Hello SFF Chronicles!

I noticed there to be no recent thread regarding Bakker's The Second Apocalypse and his forthcoming release of the third volume in the second series, The Great Ordeal, so here I am to inform any and all interested parties.

So far recently, there have been two reviews of TGO ARCs - one by bakkerfans, the fan media accounts - spoiler-free, excepting a "where we left them" regarding the conclusion of 2011's The White-Luck Warrior - and one by Pat's Fantasy Hotlist - minor spoilers regarding character/POV. Two reviews are forthcoming via The Wertzone and Grimdark Magazine.

There's been a book trailer produced for the series by the author's brother and SpiralHorizon, you can find by way of the author's blog, Three Pound Brain.

As well there are two excerpts from The Great Ordeal: the prologue and first chapter entire, released by Grimdark Magazine who also have a forthcoming giveaway, and an unidentified chapter, released by Pat's Fantasy Hotlist who also has a forthcoming interview. Both of which certainly contain spoilers for the preceding five volumes in The Second Apocalypse.

Otherwise, Grim Tidings Podcast has recently announced they will host Bakker in late June, who joins a stellar list of interviewees so far, Erikson and Abercrombie being especially worth listening to. There are also rumours of a reddit AMA.

Sorry if this is misplaced, I honestly don't know how many Bakker readers are part of the community here.

Cheers.
 
Bakkerfans is running a The Great Ordeal ARC Giveaway at Second Apocalypse forum. Two ARCs to giveaway, contest ends June 13th at 12pm EST.
 
New R. Scott Bakker Interview from Pat's Fantasy Hotlist - some out of context spoilers for the books.
 
Another chance to win an ARC through Grimdark Magazine - respond in the comments naming your favorite character to enter, draw ends on June 14th!
 
Another review of The Great Ordeal, on The Kosmos Biblioth, a blog by Bakker's long-time writing compatriot, Roger Eichorn (who has some of his own samples there, as well) - Minor Spoilers for POV
 
Grimdark Magazine reviews The Great Ordeal on their news blog - minor spoilers regarding plot arcs and character
 
R. Scott Bakker announces a Second Apocalypse forum Author Q&A: details on his latest Three Pound Brain blog post.

Also, The Wertzone has been releasing a stellar series of consolidated essays detailing the world of The Second Apocalypse:

- Part 1: Fall of the Ark
- Part 2: Age of Man
- Part 3: The Apocalypse

Must read for world-junkies and Bakker fans, new and old alike.
 
Book is out in US! Canada on the 26th and Orbit UK paperback incoming Sep 29th! (Though many international readers have already purchased the Overlook hardcover from ebay and amazon.com)
 
No hardback for sale in the UK - seems very strange???..........

Had to order mine from Amazon.com I have all the others in hardback so it would look pretty stupid on my shelves to have the full collection bar this in HB. Why no HB in UK?
 
As far as I understand it amazon.co.uk sold a limited number of Overlook's hardcover. I'm not sure why Orbit UK doesn't do a hardcover but their paperback's general release is scheduled for Sep 29th.
 
Thank you for the heads up Sarcellus, without your info I may have missed out on the HB, grateful to you for posting this thread
 
Canadian release was yesterday (!!), though, I had to call a Chapters to find out that they were actually getting shipped physical copies. Currently in Ontario, Chapters, Coles, and Indigo stores list The Great Ordeal as "this item is online only and is not available in any store."

Also, Bakker recently appeared on the Grim Tidings Podcast, which has previously done amazing episodes with Abercrombie and Erikson.
 
From what I've read online rumour has it Aspect Emperor #4 - The Unholy Consult will be released July 2017 but nothing confirmed
 

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