The Black Company, Zelazny’s Amber, Vance’s Dying Earth, and other mighty drumbeats are but foreshadowings of this dark dragon’s hoard. This marathon of ambition has a depth and breadth and sense of vast reaches of inimical time unlike anything else available today. This masterwork of imagination may be the high water mark of epic fantasy. The first book in the series, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. DONALDSON I stand slack-jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. The main series written by Steven Erikson. And my entirely selfish advice to Steven Erikson is, write faster. My advice to anyone who might listen to me is, Treat yourself to Gardens of the Moon. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand…Įrikson is an extraordinary writer. However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead.

Yet Empress Laseen’s rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations.

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