So perhaps when I finally get around to The Crippled God I'll be able to further appreciate this story which was - all things considered - a good listen minus a few unpleasant moments in the book that might be hard to stomach for some readers. A few minor complaints about narration: Steven Erikson writes that this novel uses the original pronunciation of names, peoples, magic, etc that he intended when he first wrote them down. And that's fantastic that this audiobook can reflect that. It took me a second to figure out what they were saying when I first heard it, this being a word from a fictional language.
I get that Erikson wanted the audiobooks to be, well, books read out-loud, not dramatic adaptations, but after nearly hours of audio I think it would have been easier on us, the listeners, for the pronunciations to have remained consistent. Finally, while Michael Page does a stellar job reading this, he has this generic eastern-European-meets-Arab voice that he uses for a lot of characters.
There's literally nothing I can hear that distinguishes Kalam from Gall a supporting character we're introduced to in this book. It doesn't ruin the book by any stretch, and Michael Page was just following his director, but it was jarring enough to lose a star I bet Messrs Page and Erikson just fret about that at night. Dark and wonderfully depressing, a masterpice of agony and despair. A fantasy epic that grips you and doesn't let go.
Good book, sad but good. I really enjoy all the books in this series.
Night of Knives
On to the next. The further along the series goes, the author spends more and more time on philosophical reflections, and less on moving the plot along. Hopefully all the threads will come together in the last book. The 9th book in the Malazan book of the fallen is more depressing and horrific than any other entry in the series so far. Characters face the end of friendship, love, and life.
Yet despite this bleakness that settles over the Malazans and their allies, there is triumph, comeradere and adventure.
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The author's forward warns that this book does not tie up all of the loose ends, as it is only the first of two parts, and this rings true. Many questions are left unanswered and fates left unknown that I cannot wait to download and begin the 10th book in the saga. The narrator did his best to put lipstick on this pig, and if there had been anything but repetition characters, themes, journeys, unresolved threads in this one The Same As all The Other Books, he would've been successful.
I got through the artificially-inflated volume by skipping forward, every time people humans or Jhag or Trell or ghosts or lizards or aliens or gods or dogs or wolves or demons or friggin everything started whining to themselves, or traveling-together-with-unwelcome-protection-of-a-female-character-who-acts-hateful, or the-elderly-weak-and-contemned it's a real word, look it up man-with-hidden-powers, or yada-yada-yada.
Still, it gives me hope- if this stuff can be successful, anyone can crank out crap and sell it. Steven Erikson Narrated by: Malazan Book of the Fallen , Book 9 Length: Free with day trial Membership details Membership details A day trial plus your first audiobook, free. Keep your audiobooks, even if you cancel. Get access to the Member Daily Deal. Give as a gift. People who bought this also bought Glen Cook Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds Length: Kel Kade Narrated by: The Blade Itself By: Joe Abercrombie Narrated by: Brandon Sanderson Narrated by: Spellmonger Spellmonger, Book 1 By: Terry Mancour Narrated by: Robert Jordan Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer Length: Publisher's Summary On the Letherii continent the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen.
But an uneasiness seems to have taken hold of the Malazans as their leader, Adjunct Tavore has grown even more distant and unfocused while crossing the Wastelands. Definitely a different view of the Malazans to see them so unsure of themsleves. There are also many subplots that become resolved amongst the other armies and races. As fror Dragnipur, I was surprised that Draconus was the only entity to make an appearance after the sword was destroyed and everyone trapped inside was set free. I was hoping for a little more mayhem than that to result. As I stated before, a strength of this series is the way in which major characters are eliminated, but I never imagined the scale in which people disappeared this time.
I was getting flashbacks of George R. But for the first time in this series we have a cliff-hanger ending. With the good news is we only have to wait a year to see who survived. Dust of Dreams is the 9th book in Erikson's Malazan sequence. Believe us, it is worth it. Set in the awe-inspiring world of the Malazan Empire, three tales of the enigmatic and eccentric necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach collected in a single, readily av Tyranny comes in many guises, and tyrants thrive in palaces and one-room hovels, in back alleys and playgrounds.
Tyrants abound on the verges of civilization, where disorde The necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach - scourges of civilization, raisers of the dead, reapers of the souls of the living, devourers of hope, betrayers of faith, sl Bled dry by interminable warfare, infighting and bloody confrontations with Lord Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, the vast, sprawling Malazan empire simmers with discont The Bonehunters march for Kolanse, led by Adjunct Tavore.
This woman with no gifts of magic, deemed plain, unprepossessing, displaying nothing to instill loyalty or confide The ravaged continent of Genabackis is a terrifying new empire, the Pannion Domin, that devours all. An uneasy allliance resists: Onearm's army, Whiskeyjack's Bridg In Northern Genabackis, tribal mountain warriors raid southern flatlands. Years later, Tavore, Adjunct to the Empress, enters the last Malazan stronghold.
New to command, s After decades of warfare, the five tribes of the Tiste Edur are united under the implacable rule of the Warlock King of the Hiroth. But the price of peace is a pact with a The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed. One last rebel force remains, holed up in the city of Y'Ghatan and under the fanatical command of Leoma He tells him he will take him to meet Korabas , the Otataral Dragon.
Sandalath Drukorlat , Withal and the Nachts have travelled through the warren of Rashan to the shore, but the Shake have already left on the Road of Gallan. They follow, and are immediately attacked by a Forkrul Assail. The Nachts transform into Venath demons and kill the Forkrul.
Kalyth is becoming more of a Destriant. She has a dream-vision of Whiskeyjack and the Bridgeburners. He explains that they have taken over Hood 's role of Guardian of Death's Gate. Two of the Kell Hunters are killed. Kalyth summons the Bridgeburners to help them but gets instead some undead Jaghut who kill their pursuers. Sinn and Grub continue to travel through the warren. Sinn discusses their origin; she implies that they are both different, that Grub's Chain of Dogs experiences, and Sinn's in Y'Ghatan , somehow recreated them. The ghost's companions are exploring the K'Chain Che'Malle keep.
The newly-woken drone, Sulkit , comes to meet them. Surprisingly he can sense the ghost. The ghost is recovering his memories, which are of cruelty and killing; he had killed even his own wife. The Khundryl invasion meets the Bolkando defenders near to the capital.
While they are routing the forces trying to surround them, Warleader Gall meets with Queen Abrastal who commands the Bolkando troops. The Queen agrees to the Khundryl demands for restitution and decides to accompany their army through the Wastelands. Onos Toolan is dead. He has a vision of an alternate past where the Ritual of Tellann didn't happen; instead the Imass dwindle and die out.
He then encounters Toc Anaster, also dead, who denies him entry through Hood's Gate. Torrent wakes from a dream of Toc. Olar Ethil tells him that she will leave him for a while.
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She also claims to be an Elder God, known by many names including Eran'ishal and Burn. The Akrynnai have beaten most of the White Face Barghast clans. Sceptre Irkullas , their leader, sees the battlefield and corpses destroyed by the arcane storm, and decides to try to make peace with the Barghast. News of the death of Onos Toolan reaches the Barghast camp and triggers a night of madness. Aspiring leaders kill their rivals. Tool's wife Hetan is hobbled and raped. His children are attacked and would have died but for the intervention of Toc Anaster who kills their assailant.
He takes the children to Setoc for sanctuary. Errastas the Errant has summoned the Elder Gods to a meeting on an ancient, dead world. They are unhappy, considering the meeting to be premature. They warn Errastas that things are happening about which he is unaware, and that he cannot control.
Errastas also becomes aware that Sechul and Kilmandaros themselves have plans. The meeting breaks up, Errastas leaving with Sechul and Kilmandaros. The Bonehunters and their Letherii escort are en route to D'rhasilhani , first on foot, then by barge. In the Wastelands, a number of long-'dead' T'lan Imass return unexpectedly to un-life.
They believe they have been summoned by the First Sword , Onos T'oolan. Toc Anaster carries Tool's children on his undead horse, accompanied by Setoc. They come to a mound. Toc goes hunting and kills an antelope.
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While he is butchering it he is suddenly surrounded by the 14 undead Jaghurt. They chat, and Toc mentions the newly-arrived T'lan Imass. While Toc is away, the boy has summoned an undead Ay.
Toc returns, and recognises the Ay as the ghost of Baaljagg. The remaining Barghast clans have merged into an army, which is pursued by the Akrynnai army. Tomorrow they will meet. Trailing the Barghast is Cafal , who has arranged with Bakal for Hetan to be spirited from the camp and brought to him; he will take her away and hopes to heal her. Cafal and Bakal are killed and Hetan wanders off alone to die. In Kharkanas, Yan Tovis and Yedan Derryg enter the Citadel , its centre of power; the passage of years hasn't been kind to it. They debate whether the Shake should try to live in the city, or go to the nearby First Shore.
Outside, they find the two Shake witches rendered unconscious by some external force. They ride to investigate the Shore. When they arrive they discover it is the border between the realm of Dark and a sea of Light. The beach itself is comprised of fragments of bone that date from the fall of Kharkanas. Yan and Yedan exchange lore previously known separately by the Queens and the Watch. The Fall and the departure of those who became the Shake was caused when Mother Dark turned away, and so did Father Light.
Gallan was a mage who created the Road as an escape-route; the exodus was ordered by Silchas Ruin when almost all of the Tiste Andii had been killed. Sandalath and Withal have continued along the Road to Kharkanas. On arrival Sandalath is at first overwhelmed and collapses. She soon recovers, and explains that Mother Dark has returned to the city. In Kalse Rooted the travellers are recalling more of their previous lives. But the hunter that the travellers had feared has arrived; it is Taralack Veed. He finds Nappett first and kills him; then others.
Three are left, together in the Matron's chamber where Sulkit has now fashioned an enormous throne. Veed arrives and kills Rautos. He then tells Breath and Taxilian that the ghost is Icarium Lifestealer. It then seems to the ghost that Veed and the others disappear one by one, absorbed into him. He realises that the throne is a machine that he had once designed.
He sits on it. The Barghast and Akrynnai armies face each other and are about to engage, when the Senan , Onos Toolan's old clan, turn and leave the field. The battle starts without them. As it nears its conclusion, another arcane storm arrives, killing all involved with ice. The darkness gathers; out of it strides a figure: Errastas, Sechul Lath and Kilmandaros are briefly toppled by the noisy arrival of Draconus. On recovering they realise that the release of Draconus from Dragnipur implies that Anomander Rake is dead. Errastas and Sechul depart to investigate. Mael then arrives and discusses the situation with Kilmandaros.
He suggests that Draconus wishes to precipitate a crisis that will finally resolve the situation with the Crippled God.
The Snake approaches a city of crystal. Badalle suspects, correctly, that one of the children, Breyderal, is a disguised Quitter. Of the twelve Forkrul Assail Adjudicators and Inquisitors who set out to follow the Snake only four survive, and they are in poor condition; the hunger and disease that has killed so many children has affected them too. They see ahead the city that they cannot enter, so they attempt to kill the children before they arrive, using their power of voice. Badelle manages to turn their power back against them, and they retreat.
Onos T'oolan encounters a thousand T'lan Imass. They had originally believed that he was their summoner, but now realised he was not. He warns them that he seeks Olar Ethil to confront her as being the cause of his resurrection. Despite this they wish to follow him. The Adepts of the Bonehunters are gradually recovering from the sudden return of Draconus. Quick Ben is particularly concerned; Draconus is trying to contact him. Ublala Pung meets Draconus. They travel east together.
While they await her arrival he continues teaching Ryadd.