The Black Prism by Brent Weeks

Gavin 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. But Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five impossible goals. But 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.

739 pages · Published: 2010-01-01 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, War, Audiobook, Action & Adventure, Epic, Young Adult · Series: Lightbringer #1