The sixth book in Erikson's acclaimed, epic Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy sequence.
The sixth book in Erikson's acclaimed, epic Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy sequence.
Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. The first six novels in his Malazan Book of the Fallen sequence - Gardens of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice, House of Chains, Midnight Tides and The Bonehunters - have met with widespread international acclaim and established him as a major voice in the world of fantasy fiction. The thrilling seventh instalment in this remarkable story, Reaper's Gale, is now available from Bantam Press. Steven Erikson lives in Canada.
The weighty and grim sixth installment of Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen (chronologically following 2006's House of Chains, with references to 2007 tie-in Midnight Tides) is named for a newly minted company in the Malazan 14th Army, forged in a daring and nearly fatal effort to escape a city destroyed by fire by burrowing through its skeletal underbelly. The Bonehunters' return from the dead is a theme that appears throughout this volume, as the prophetess Sha'ik dies and is reborn as a plague maiden, warriors recover from hideous wounds, and seer Ganoes Paran strikes a bargain with the dread god Hood that just might end up saving the world. Erikson brings the bulk of his enormous cast together in one volume for the first time, an effort designed to keep fans engaged as myriad plot lines tangle and sprawl over an increasingly bleak and war-ravaged landscape. (Sept.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
This series has clearly established itself as the most significant
work of epic fantasy since Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of
Thomas Covenant * SF SITE *
Extraordinarily enjoyable...Erikson is a master of lost and
forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics * SALON.COM *
This is true myth in the making, a drawing upon fantasy to recreate
histories and legends as rich as any found within our culture *
INTERZONE *
I stand slack jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the
Fallen. This masterwork of imagination may be the high
watermark of epic fantasy -- GLEN COOK, author of The Black Company
series
Gripping, fast-moving, delightfully dark...Erikson brings a punchy,
mesmerizing writing style into the genre of epic fantasy, making an
indelible impression. Utterly engrossing -- ELIZABETH HAYDON
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