Reading The Deverry Cycle: Act One: Deverry.Microreview : Eagle in Exile by Alan Smale.THE MONTHLY ROUND - A Taster's Guide to Speculativ.We Rank 'Em: Malazan Book of the Fallen.Best Cinematic Comic Adaptation Tournament (Final.Microreview : The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sa.NERD MUSIC SPOTLIGHT: Memories by Yuppie Culture (.Microreview : The Flesh Made Word, ed.NERD MUSIC Weekend Mixtape: House and Techno Classics.Best Cinematic Comic Adaptation Tournament Final.Microreview : The Drowning Eyes, by Emily Fo.Microreview : The Bone Clocks, by David Mitc.And thank god for Iskaral Pust, a man who helps provide the necessary comic relief to punctuate this dark but poignant tale. Fiddler's journey with Mappo Trell and Icarium is no less poignant. This tale of heroism, of defying the odds, and of betrayal is oddly even more compelling owing to the grim nature of the way it is told. Coltaine's Chain of Dogs is guaranteed to reduce even the most hardened of souls to a whimpering puppy. But during my second read, it lost by a hair's breadth to Memories of Ice. I had rated this at #1 my first time through. We also witness the convergence of Karsa Orlong and Traveller, Hood and Anomander Rake, Kallor and Spinnock, and Iskaral Pust and Kruppe!!! Erikson weaves so many storylines and themes together in a seamless and deft manner, making this one of his masterpieces.Ģ. I really enjoyed the Darujhistan storyline, as well as the development of Nimander. But I found so much more to enjoy my second time through. After all, during my first read through Toll the Hounds was easily my least favorite in the series (along with Dust of Dreams ). And it completes Erikson's inverted tragic form. It conveys conflicting worlds of misery, heartbreak, and hope at the same time. As usual, Erikson answers some questions, but leaves many, many more unanswered or somewhat ambiguous. Yet despite how good a read The Bonehunters can be at times, it is still only mediocre when compared to the rest of Steven Erikson's Malaz world.ĥ. This volume also has a number of wonderful Quick Ben and Kalam scenes. One of the best aspects of this book is the way the Master of the Deck, Ganoes Paran, decides to deal with this nasty plague. Meanwhile, Dujek Onearm's host finds itself at the Seven Cities, confronted with a deadly plague.

The siege at Y'Gatan in particular is intense and a real wonder to read.

The Malazan Fourteenth Army has destroyed the Whirlwind and continues its mop-up operations. This is another excellent (and long) instalment in the series.

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