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The Broken Eye

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{{Infobox book
| name = The Broken Eye
| author = [[Brent Weeks]]
| illustrator =
| image = The Broken Eye.jpg
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| country = United States
| language = English language
| series = [[Brent Weeks#The Lightbringer Trilogy|The Lightbringer Trilogy]]
| subject =
| genre = [[Fantasy]]
| publisher = [[Orbit Books]]
| pub_date = August 26, 2014
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) <br /> Kindle
| pages = 795 (hardcover) <br /> 816 (paperback/Kindle)
| isbn = 978-0-316-07992-1
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| preceded_by = [[The Blinding Knife]]
| followed_by = The Blood Mirror
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'''''The Broken Eye''''' is a 2014 [[epic fantasy]] novel by [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' Bestselling]] author, [[Brent Weeks]]. It is the third book in his ''Lightbringer'' series following ''[[The Black Prism]]'' and ''[[The Blinding Knife]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Aplin|first=Marc|title=The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks: Review|url=http://fantasy-faction.com/2014/the-broken-eye-by-brent-weeks-review|date=September 2014}}</ref> The novel is written in the third person perspective, shifting between several characters, and further builds the world of the Lightbringer.

==Plot==
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The novel "The Broken Eye" begins with a sea demon attack on the Chromeria, which a black sperm whale defends and rescues the city from at the last moment. Sperm whales had not been seen since the closing of the Everdark Gates. This event appears to be allegorical in nature, albeit with the moral obscured.

Karris Guile (née White Oak) returns to the Chromeria with the rest of the Blackguard from Ru, whereupon the White strips her of her position for marrying the Prism and insists that Karris can no longer draft since she is close to breaking her halo (when a drafter uses too much magic, the luxin residue breaks through their irises, and they become a Wight). She then puts Karris in charge of managing the Chromeria's spies.

Upon her return to the Jaspers, Teia is aggressively recruited by Joris Nograd, a representative for the Order of the Broken Eye , a group of assassins with their roots in ancient, forbidden magics, who are particularly interested in paryl drafters. Teia reports to Commander Ironfist, leader of the Blackguard, who takes her to see the White. She encourages Teia to continue working with them as a double agent, buying her loyalty by ensuring the economic security of her family.

Kip quickly evades Zymun and continues back to the Chromeria alone. As he makes his way through the jungle, he receives a religious vision and appears to commune with multiple spiritual entities. Upon his return to the Chromeria, he announces to the Spectrum that the Prism is alive on Gunner's pirate ship.

The Prism spends the first third of the novel chained to an oar as a galley slave. He spends much of this time reflecting on the choices that brought him here, as well as sparring with his oar-mate Orholam about religion, so-called because he says nice things but, does nothing to rescue the slaves just like Orholam, the god. But perhaps he is a prophet of the real Orholam.

Liv is sent on an expedition to the Everdark Gates to locate the superviolet seed crystal. Seed crystals, along with bane, can be used by drafters to allow themselves to become inhabited by their color God. The extent of influence they each have on the other's behavior is unclear, although we do know from an earlier card scene that the otherworldly representative for that God must also be selected from amongst the 200 followers of Orholam, referred to collectively as gin. It is then revealed that the black jeweled pendant found on the last two bane occupants is, in fact, black luxin, which has been described as 'soul poison,' the living embodiment of evil, and similar. Koios has researched it and believed he can control it, and control the "gods" with it. A woman claiming to represent the order of the Broken Eye warns Liv against the use of it at all costs.

The prophet Orholam promises Gavin a series of disturbing dreams. Soon after that, he dreams of his first Freeing. The ceremony took place soon after the battle at Sundered Rock, so the Freeing class consisted of over 400 drafters, many of them seasoned warriors. The ceremony lasted forty hours straight and included multiple assassination attempts. A sixteen-year-old drafter gifts her final five minutes to the Prism, where he breaks down from the burden of Freeing. This pointless act of selflessness breaks the Prism's faith in Orholam, and at the conclusion of the ceremony, he drafts black luxin.

Andross attempts to coerce the sub red spectrum color to back his bid to become Promachos and uses a Broken Eye assassin to do it. When this fails, she is assassinated, and Andross becomes Promachos anyway. He orders Kip to retrieve Janus Borrig's card set (as well as cards stolen from him by the Prism) in exchange for declaring Kip prism elect.

During a card scene, Koios tests his control of black by elevating an opportunistic blue to become Mott. As soon as he attempts betrayal, the pendant decapitates him. The Color Prince then selects Samila Sayeh for the 'honor,' which she does not want but is in no position to refuse.

Teia attends a recruitment meeting for the order, wherein the history of the world is explained. In their origin story, each color God or goddess controlled their own nations which were at endless war with one another. A race called the Braxians believed light to be a tool, not a thing of worship and were often caught up in the wars between color Gods due to no fault of their own. To defend themselves, they amassed 14 shimmercloaks and gave them to Paryl drafters, establishing the order of the Broken Eye. These advantages allowed them to police the world, most of whom believed the use of multiple colors to be blasphemous. Diakoptes, a member of their order, began experimenting with black luxin. It corrupted him, and he formed his own following and armed them with the knowledge of how to make drafters' spectacles, possessed only by the Braxians until that time. With this he remade himself as Lucidonius, and established a new world order beneath Orholam, using Prisms to balance the magical tides of the world. Thus, the order could no longer operate as it had. Before fading into shadow, however, they slew Diakoptes, in the hope that he would later be reborn and lead them back to the light.

Liv finally reunites with her father Corvan, who gives her a knife with which to defend herself. Liv is nonplussed at this, given she already has quite a few ways to defend herself but accepts regardless.

The Prism attempts to escape but is captured almost immediately by Eirene Malargos, who is unsure what to do with him. After losing two of his fingers from torture, he is eventually confronted by Ironfist's sister, the Nuqaba. She reveals the orange seed crystal, which can be used to read emotions. This forces the Prism to be fully honest. She wishes to convince Eirene to join her and defect to the Color Prince, which would effectively surrender Ruthgar and Paria to him, as a bid to buy time to build up a power base. She also mentions the gun-sword as an ancient religious relic, which the Prism had entrusted to one of the galley slaves before making his ill-chosen escape.

The Order teaches Teia how to make use of her color: in addition to the aforementioned uses, Paryl also can form a gas. Paryl drafters encase themselves in a bubble of it, to obscure themselves from vision. In the past, they were known as mystwalkers. It also turns out that lightsplitting, the ability to split sunlight into draftable colors, is significantly more common amongst Paryl drafters. (one in ten versus one in thousands) Though she is red-green colorblind, Teia nonetheless passes a lightsplitting test of the ability to 'feel' colors through the skin.

Kip eventually finds Janus's cards, but when he does, they immediately attach themselves to his skin all at once. The mental trauma of receiving so much input stops his heart.

Kip then has an out of body experience "outside" of time in "the Great Library." He converses with an otherworldly being calling himself Abaddon. While proclaiming himself to be Lightbringer, he also calls Kip Diakoptes. Kip is then forced to view all of the cards, which have taken the form of tattoos on his skin. The process creates duplicate cards which Abaddon captures in his cloak of human skin. Kip steals the cloak, and when Abaddon attempts to retaliate he is expelled from the library.

Kip falls unconscious and is resuscitated by Teia. When he comes to, all the cards are drained of their magical properties and Kip has a mistwalker's cloak. Teia explains to Kip that she has been spying on the order for the White, and Kip gives the cloak to Teia.

The Nuqaba tries to shoot the Prism but the bullet ricochets and hits her instead. Eventually, they decide to burn out his eyes and send him back to his father but have him assassinated along the way.

Andross instructs Kip to accept Tisis Malargos's marriage offer, both so he can spy for Andross and to get him off the Jaspers before any more assassination attempts can come. Kip explains to Andross about the cards and experienced several visions from them while doing so. In one of these, it is revealed that black luxin was Dazen's color.

While the blinding ceremony proceeds, the Prism considers drafting black to save himself. He ultimately rejects this, however, and is saved at the very last moment by Karris and Ironfist. They return him to the Chromeria, however, he loses one of his eyes before they can get to him.

Teia follows Andross after he leaves Kip's room. Using the cloak to make herself invisible, she discovers that Andross has contracted the Broken Eye to kill the White. As Kip and Tisis are finalizing their marriage preparations, Teia gathers him and the rest of their blackguard squad. They reach the White's rooms, but too late to save her. They are then summoned to the council chambers by Andross.

Andross kicks them off the island in order to give Kip a pretext to leave. Ironfist attempts to intervene, and is stripped of his position as Blackguard commander.

Liv reaches the Everdark Gates and locates the superviolet seed crystal. As she approaches, her bodyguard strips her of her weapons and informs her that she must wear the pendant or be thrown off a cliff. Liv instead stabs him with the knife Corvan gave her and takes the crystal for herself.

Zymun returns to the Chromeria and is made Prism Elect, though with severe misgivings from Andross. He then instructs the Chromeria soldiers to kill Kip and his blackguard squad. While the council is in session, no one can interrupt them, so this order goes unchallenged. The result is a small-scale war throughout the Jaspers which results in massive property damage, the destruction of the Cannon Island gun battery and hundreds of deaths, including Ironfist's brother Tremblefist.

Ironfist goes to check on the Prism, who is gone.
Andross' slave Grinwoody appears - Ironfist is revealed to have sworn an oath to the Order of the Broken Eye and delivers the black seed crystal from the White's room to Grinwoody who is revealed to be the leader of the order and Ironfist’s uncle.

He reveals to Ironfist that the blackguard's true purpose is to guard the black seed crystal, which is kept by the Chromeria. Ironfist has, unwittingly, delivered it into the hands of the order. Ironfist tells him that Kip is the Lightbringer and is instructed to "save him or slay him and with him all the world."

The squad eventually escapes onto the Malargos ship after Kip marries Tisis, but Teia stays behind to further infiltrate the Broken Eye. the rest of the squad leaves with Kip to hunt the Color Prince.

With the White dead just before Sunday, a new White is to be selected. Orea, the previous White, has maneuvered Karris into the selection process. Using intuition provided to her by Orholam, she divines that someone, presumably Andross, attempted to subvert the selection. After choosing the correct stone and surviving an immediate assassination attempt, she becomes the new White.

Dazen wakes up in the prison he had built for his brother. Apparently, the prisons Gavin escaped from have been rebuilt, as he is now in blue.

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Pseudo-nitzschia

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{{Taxobox
| image = Pseudonitzschia seriata.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Pseudo-nitzschia seriata]]''
| regnum = [[Chromalveolata]]
| phylum = [[Heterokont]]ophyta
| classis = [[Diatom|Bacillariophyceae]]
| ordo = [[Bacillariales]]
| familia = [[Bacillariaceae]]
| genus = '''''Pseudo-nitzschia'''''
| genus_authority = H. Perag. in H. Perag. and Perag.
}}
The genus '''''Pseudo-nitzschia''''' includes several species of [[diatom]]s known to produce the neurotoxin known as [[domoic acid]], a toxin that is responsible for the human illness called [[amnesic shellfish poisoning]] (ASP). This genus of phytoplankton is known to form [[harmful algal bloom]]s in coastal waters of Canada, California, Oregon, Washington State, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Central America, and South America.

The general biology, physiology, toxicity and distribution of ''Pseudo-nitzschia'' species is reviewed in Bates and Trainer (2006),<ref>Bates, S.S. and V.L. Trainer. 2006. The ecology of harmful diatoms. In: E. Granéli an d J. Turner [eds.] Ecology of harmful algae. Ecological Studies, Vol. 189. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, p. 81-93. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/j388u727655u0v0w/fulltext.pdf PDF; 181 KB]</ref> Trainer et al. (2008),<ref>Trainer, V.L., B.M. Hickey, and S.S. Bates. 2008. Toxic diatoms. In: P.J. Walsh, S.L. Smith, L.E. Fleming, H. Solo-Gabriele, and W.H. Gerwick [eds.], Oceans and human health: risks and remedies from the sea. Elsevier Science Publishers, New York, p. 219-237. [http://www.inter.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/folios/01017/docs/ref-1000-74.pdf PDF 2.7 MB]</ref> Lelong et al. (2012) <ref>Lelong, A., H. Hégaret, P. Soudant, and S.S. Bates. 2012. ''Pseudo-nitzschia'' (Bacillariophyceae) species, domoic acid and amnesic shellfish poisoning: revisiting previous paradigms. Phycologia 51: 168-216. [http://www.phycologia.org/doi/pdf/10.2216/11-37.1 PDF; 1.8 MB]</ref> and Trainer et al. (2012).<ref>Trainer, V.L., S.S. Bates, N. Lundholm, A.E. Thessen, W.P. Cochlan, N.G. Adams, and C.G. Trick. 2012. ''Pseudo-nitzschia'' physiological ecology, phylogeny, toxicity, monitoring and impacts on ecosystem health. Harmful Algae 14: 271–300. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988311001533 Publisher's abstract and link to PDF file]</ref>

Up until 1994, the genus was known as ''Nitzschia'', but was changed to ''Pseudo-nitzschia'' because of the ability to form chains of cells with overlapping tips as well as other minor morphological differences.<ref>Hasle, G.R. 1994. ''Pseudo-nitzschia'' as a genus distinct from ''Nitzschia'' (Bacillariophyceae). J. Phycol. 30: 1036-1039. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1994.01036.x/abstract]</ref> The nomenclatural history is given in Hasle (1995)<ref>Hasle, G.R. 1995. ''Pseudo-nitzschia pungens'' and ''P. multiseries'' (Bacillariophyceae): nomenclatural history, morphology, and distribution. J. Phycol. 31: 428-435. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00428.x/abstract]</ref> and Bates (2000).<ref>Bates, S.S. 2000. Domoic-acid-producing diatoms: another genus added! J. Phycol. 36: 978-983. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.03661.x/abstract]</ref>

Known species of ''Pseudo-nitzschia'' (44):
*[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.12130/abstract ''Pseudo-nitzschia abrensis'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=478556 ''Pseudo-nitzschia americana'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341572 ''Pseudo-nitzschia antarctica'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531449 ''Pseudo-nitzschia arenysensis'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246604 ''Pseudo-nitzschia australis'']
*[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.12101/abstract ''Pseudo-nitzschia batesiana'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387996 ''Pseudo-nitzschia brasiliana'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531450 ''Pseudo-nitzschia caciantha'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246605 ''Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha'']
*[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01213.x/abstract ''Pseudo-nitzschia circumpora'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370512 ''Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidata'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531451 ''Pseudo-nitzschia decipiens'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149153 ''Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531452 ''Pseudo-nitzschia dolorosa'']
*[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.12101/abstract ''Pseudo-nitzschia fukuyoi'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246606 ''Pseudo-nitzschia fraudulenta'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707767 ''Pseudo-nitzschia fryxelliana'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246607 ''Pseudo-nitzschia galaxiae'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=375883 ''Pseudo-nitzschia granii'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707766 ''Pseudo-nitzschia hasleana'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411764 ''Pseudo-nitzschia heimii'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531453 ''Pseudo-nitzschia inflatula'']
*[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988314000195#MMCvFirst ''Pseudo-nitzschia kodamae'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387997 ''Pseudo-nitzschia linea'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411765 ''Pseudo-nitzschia lineola'']
*[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.12101/abstract ''Pseudo-nitzschia lundholmiae'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531454 ''Pseudo-nitzschia mannii'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387998 ''Pseudo-nitzschia micropora'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175738 ''Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246608 ''Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531455 ''Pseudo-nitzschia obtusa'']
*[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpy.12130/abstract ''Pseudo-nitzschia plurisecta'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411766 ''Pseudo-nitzschia prolongatoides'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156548 ''Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160528 ''Pseudo-nitzschia pungens'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531457 ''Pseudo-nitzschia pungiformis'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390334 ''Pseudo-nitzschia roundii'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149152 ''Pseudo-nitzschia seriata'']
*[http://diatoms.lifedesks.org/pages/7929 ''Pseudo-nitzschia sinica'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411767 ''Pseudo-nitzschia subcurvata'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418221 ''Pseudo-nitzschia subfraudulenta'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=418222 ''Pseudo-nitzschia subpacifica'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246609 ''Pseudo-nitzschia turgidula'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411768 ''Pseudo-nitzschia turgiduloides'']

Light and [[electron microscope]] images of ''Pseudo-nitzschia'' species are shown at the [http://nordicmicroalgae.org/taxon/Pseudo-nitzschia Nordic Microalgae website].

''Pseudo-nitzschia'' species that have been shown to produce domoic acid (16), although not all strains are toxigenic:
*[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0269249X.2011.597990 ''Pseudo-nitzschia brasiliana'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246604 ''Pseudo-nitzschia australis'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246605 ''Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370512 ''Pseudo-nitzschia cuspidata'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149153 ''Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246606 ''Pseudo-nitzschia fraudulenta'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246607 ''Pseudo-nitzschia galaxiae'']
*[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096706451300252X ''Pseudo-nitzschia granii'']
*[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568988314000195#MMCvFirst ''Pseudo-nitzschia kodamae'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=175738 ''Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246608 ''Pseudo-nitzschia multistriata'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160528 ''Pseudo-nitzschia pungens'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156548 ''Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149152 ''Pseudo-nitzschia seriata'']
*[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096706451300252X ''Pseudo-nitzschia subpacifica'']
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246609 ''Pseudo-nitzschia turgidula'']

== References ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[http://www.inter.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Gulf/DAPR Domoic Acid and ''Pseudo-nitzschia'' References]
*[http://www.marinespecies.org/HAB/aphia.php?p=taxlist/ IOC-UNESCO HAB Taxon list]
*[http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/pmn/ NOAA Phytoplankton Monitoring Network]
*[http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/habs_toxins/hab_species/pn/index.html Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA]
*[http://www.fathom.com/course/10701012/index.html Toxic Blooms: Understanding Red Tides], a seminar by the [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]]
*[http://www.chbr.noaa.gov/default.aspx?category=mb&pageName=biotoxin NOAA Marine Biotoxins Program], [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
*[http://calpreempt.ucsc.edu/index.htm California Program for Regional Enhanced Monitoring for PhycoToxins], [[California Department of Health Services]] and the [[University of California, Santa Cruz]]
*[http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/sf/BiotoxinProgram.htm Washington State Shellfish Biotoxin Program]
*[http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul04/rvwdiatom1.html Series in Marine Phytoplankton: The genus ''Pseudo-nitzschia'']

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The 2nd Law

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{{Infobox album 
| Name = The 2nd Law
| Type = Album
| Artist = [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
| Cover =
| Released = 17 September 2012
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[new prog]], [[symphonic rock]]
| Length =
| Label = [[Helium 3 (record label)|Helium 3]]
| Producer = Muse
| Last album = ''[[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]]''<br />(2009)
| This album = '''''The 2nd Law'''''<br />(2012)
| Next album =
| Awards =
| Misc =
{{Singles
|Name= The 2nd Law
|Type=studio
|single 1 = [[Survival (Muse song)|Survival]]
|single 1 date = 27 June 2012
}}}}

'''''The 2nd Law''''' is the sixth studio album by English [[alternative rock]] band [[Muse (band)|Muse]]. It is set to be released worldwide on 17 September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqFZGnfMLMw|title=Trailer|date=2012-06-06}}</ref>

==Background==
Muse planned to enter the studio to start recording their sixth album in September 2011. Bassist Christopher Wolstenholme told [[BBC Radio 1]]: "September and October, that's when we're going to get into the studio to start writing the new album."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/65755/Muse-To-Begin-Recording-New-Album-In-September|title=Muse To Begin Recording New Album In September|publisher=Gigwise|date=2011-08-10}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' on 18 October 2011, the band's manager Anthony Addis revealed that Muse had begun recording their sixth album in London and that he expected it to be released by October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/rock-and-pop/muse-manager-anthony-addis-talks-new-album-1005416432.story |title=Exclusive: Muse Manager Anthony Addis Talks New Album, Touring and the Challenges of Conquering America |publisher=Billboard.biz |date= |accessdate=2011-10-18}}</ref> Bellamy jokingly described the album as a "christian gangsta rap jazz odyssey, with some ambient rebellious dubstep and face melting metal flamenco cowboy psychedelia" on his [[Twitter]] account.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=688323&vId=|title=Muse start recording new album|publisher=Sky News|accessdate=2011-12-23}}</ref>

In an interview with ''[[Kerrang!]]'' on 14 December 2011, Wolstenholme stated that the next Muse album would be "something radically different" from their prior releases. He also said that it felt as if the band were "drawing a line under a certain period" of their career with their sixth album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/muse/60983|title=Muse: 'It feels like it's time to do something radically different on our next album'|publisher=NME|accessdate=2011-12-11}}</ref> It was revealed via Muse's publicist Tom Kirk on his [[Twitter]] account that composer [[David Campbell (composer)|David Campbell]] who had worked with acts such as [[Radiohead]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Beck]] and [[Adele (singer)|Adele]] was helping Matt Bellamy compose the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://instagr.am/p/HYJaGsOyFH/ |title=Instagram |publisher=Instagram |date= |accessdate=2012-02-28}}</ref> In an interview in the April 2012 issue of ''[[NME]]'', Bellamy said that the band were set to include elements of [[electronic music]], with influences coming from acts such as [[French house]] duo [[Justice (band)|Justice]] and UK [[electronic rock]] group [[Does It Offend You, Yeah?]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Reid |first=Poppy |url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/artists/2012/06/07/new-muse-album-set-for-september |title=New Muse album set for September – Artists |publisher=The Music Network |date= |accessdate=2012-06-27}}</ref> as well as the inclusion of brass players.

On 6 June 2012, Muse released a trailer for their next album, ''The 2nd Law'', with a countdown on the band's website suggesting a September 17th release date.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rekwired.com/news/muse-publish-trailer-for-their-new-album/ |title=Muse publish trailer for their new album |date=6 June 2012 |publisher=Rekwired |accessdate=6 June 2012}}</ref> The trailer, which included [[dubstep]] elements, was met with mixed reactions from fans.<ref>{{cite web| title = Fans react to Muse's dubstep-tinged trailer for new album 'The 2nd Law'| work = [[NME]]| publisher = [[IPC Media]]| date = 6 June 2012| url = http://www.nme.com/news/muse/64168| accessdate = 6 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last = Montgomery| first = James| title = Muse Move Toward Dubstep In Apocalyptic The 2nd Law Trailer| work = [[MTV]]| publisher = [[Viacom]]| date = 6 June 2012| url = http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1686756/muse-second-law-trailer-dubstep.jhtml| accessdate = 6 June 2012}}</ref> On 7 June 2012, Muse announced a European Arena tour; the first leg of [[The 2nd Law Tour]]. The leg included dates in France, Spain and the United Kingdom as well as other countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://muse.mu/news/article/781/uk--european-tour-announced/ |title=MUSE |publisher=Muse.mu |date= |accessdate=2012-06-27}}</ref>

One of the tracks from the album, "[[Survival (Muse song)|Survival]]", is the official song of the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18607319|title="Muse unveil official Olympic song"|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2012-06-28}}</ref> The single premièred on BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe show on 27 June along with a prelude.<ref>{{cite web| title = New Muse song Survival is the main Olympics song, to premiere today| work = Rekwired| publisher = [[IPC Media]]| date = 27 June 2012| url = http://rekwired.com/news/new-muse-song-survival-is-the-main-olympics-song-to-premiere-today/ | accessdate = 27 June 2012}}</ref>

==Track listing==
The songs from the album were first seen in a photo of drummer Howard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musewiki.org/File:SixthAlbumWorkingTitleDomKitana.jpg|title=File:SixthAlbumWorkingTitleDomKitana.jpg|accessdate=2012-07-04}}</ref> The full rumoured track listing was published on 4 July 2012 via the Muse Support blog.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musesupport.tumblr.com/post/26490464068/muse-the-2nd-law|date=2012-07-04|Publisher=Muse Support|title=MUSE - THE 2ND LAW}}</ref>

{{tracklist
| title1 = Madness
| title2 = Panic Station
| title3 = Prelude
| title4 = [[Survival (Muse song)|Survival]]
| title5 = Follow Me
| title6 = Chalice
| title7 = Explorers
| title8 = Hiding To
| title9 = Save Me
| title10 = Supremacy
| title11 = Unsustainable
| title12 = Animals
}}

==See also==
* [[The 2nd Law Tour]]
* [[Second law of thermodynamics]]

==References==
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