The Blinding Knife

by Brent Weeks

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Series: Lightbringer (2)

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Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:*Gavin's powers are fading and his end draws near as war rages across the satrapies in the second novel of the NYT* bestselling Lightbringer series by Brent Week.** Gavin Guile is dying. He'd thought he had five years left �?? now he has less than one. With fifty thousand refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiance 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. If you loved the action and adventure of the Night Angel trilogy, you will devour this incredible epic fantasy series by Brent Wee… (more)

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UPDATE 9/2/2016: 3rd Times the charm. It earned another star. So looking forward to the next ones.

UPDATE 5/28/14: I must have been in a bad mood the 1st time that I read this book. Or maybe I was pissed at yet another cliffhanger book. I won't take back my review from the 1st round but I will add that at the end of the book this time, I let out an 'f' bomb. You know "This book was ------ great!"?
Yeah, that.

(9/14/12)I'm not sure I'm happy with this one. IMO, there wasn't enough development although a lot of stuff happened. I feel like either it should have ended sooner or been extended a few more chapters. It just stopped.

This is not to say that I wasn't glued to this book enjoying every minute. It just made me wish I could wait to read the entire series all at once.

This is probably the most tepid review for a 4-star book that I've ever done so I guess I'll stop here. (

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jazzbird61 | Feb 29, 2024 |

Awesome second book of a series. After the first, I could have gone either way, but this had everything I felt the first was lacking. Plenty of character-driven story archs for those of us who like such things, without sacrificing the action so many love. Can't wait to see what's in store in book three!

Definitely give this series a shot. You won't be disappointed! (

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BreePye | Oct 6, 2023 |

This is an amazing read. I really love this series. The worldbuilding is great, some actions surprise me even though those actions are still logical from the character's point of view. The whole magic system is amazing and I really love the characters. They are showing growth and emotion and make some good and some bad decisions. They feel real. This world feels real and I am gonna stop writing and move on in book 3. (

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weaver-of-dreams | Aug 1, 2023 |

Part of my Lightbringer re-read, still enjoyable the second time! Compelling characters with some unexpected turns in the story. Epic fantasy that keeps building!‬ (

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MandyPS | May 13, 2023 |

The sequel in the Lightbringer series carries on the adventure of Gavin(?) and Kip as the world gets closer to war. While I did enjoy this book more then the first (maybe due to listening as audiobook instead), I still wouldn't recommend it. There are pointless chapters, characters that should have had more time focused on them, characters that should have not been in the book at all, way too long explanations on things that are tedious, not enough explanation on the world building, and too much telling instead of showing. The audiobook does make it much more entertaining though. (

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renbedell | Dec 8, 2022 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Brent Weeks	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Manhood, Silas	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Vance, Simon	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Lightbringer (2)

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Brent Weeks 5 Books Collection Set (The Black Prism, The Blinding Knife, The Broken Eye, The Blood Mirror, The Burning White) by Brent Weeks

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Lightbringer: The Blinding Knife [2 of 3] [graphic audio] by Brent Weeks

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David Gemmell Legend Award (Winner – Legend Award For Best Fantasy Novel – 2013)

David Gemmell Legend Award (Shortlist – Ravenheart Award For Best Fantasy Cover Art – 2013)

Endeavour Award (Finalist – 2013)

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The Chromeria, Little Jasper, The Jaspers, The Seven Satrapies

Jasper Islands, The Seven Satrapies

Ru, Atash, The Seven Satrapies

Seers Island, Tyrea, the Seven Satrapies

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Battle of Ru

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For my wife, Kristi,

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

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

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Fantasy. Fiction. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:Gavin's powers are fading and his end draws near as war rages across the satrapies in the second novel of the NYT bestselling Lightbringer series by Brent Week.
Gavin Guile is dying.
He'd thought he had five years left �?? now he has less than one. With fifty thousand refugees, a bastard son, and an ex-fiance 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.
If you loved the action and adventure of the Night Angel trilogy, you will devour this incredible epic fantasy series by Brent Wee

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He'd thought he had 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.

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