A book a year is the pace Erikson has set, which is downright awesome. The best part of all of this? Erikson doesn’t make us wait half a decade between his encyclopedia-sized tomes (you know who we are talking about). We tell you this so you will understand the investment of time, should you start this series. Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire, with action and battle scenes among the most brutal and exciting in f. Currently we have eight novels released in the series (with the ninth out in the UK now–yeah, yeah, we are waiting for our import copy), three short stories, and two other novels written by Erikson’s co-creator of this vibrantly imagined world, Ian Cameron Esslemont. In this epic fantasy series, Steven Erikson draws on his twenty years of experience as an anthropologist and archaeologist, as well as his expert storytelling skills. The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed. In The Bonehunters, in the ever decimating Malazan Empire, a war is brewing between mortal and immortals, gods and mages, that will decide once and for all who shall exist and who shall perish. GARDENS OF THE MOON is the first tale in Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen series. The Sixth Book of the epic Malazan Book of the Fallen from bestselling author Steven Erikson. This review will be a tad longer than usual, but it deserves nothing less. Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan. GARDENS OF THE MOON by Steven Erikson ( Amazon) is not a simple novel–in fact this novel has, arguably, the steepest learning curve of any fantasy novel to date. Marking the return of many characters from Gardens of the Moon and introducing a host of remarkable new players, Memories of Ice is both a momentous new chapter in Steven Eriksons magnificent epic fantasy and a triumph of storytelling. In this epic fantasy series, Steven Erikson draws on his twenty years of experience as an anthropologist and archaeologist, as well as his expert storytelling skills. I just read Gardens of the Moon, and have absolutely no one to talk to about it. Since DUST OF DREAMS ( Amazon) is coming to the US soon, we thought we would go back to the series’ roots to both introduce newcomers and invigorate the old-timers. I just had to say it as Im halfway into MoI and I will never tire of his verbal tirades that are so vehemently regarded by the fools that do not regard themselves worthy to refer to themselves in the third person.
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