steven erikson

Reading Toll The Hounds, Malazan book 7, I was wondering has Steven Erikson himself had battles with depression. He is a superb and imaginative author, but so many of the characters, and even entire races are focussed on depressed and/or morbid thoughts. Thoughts of futility. So much so that...

It has arrived, not drooling much.

I'm drooling, due to be released in March. The Fiends of Nightmaria is a new novella from New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson, set in the world of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. The king is dead, long live King Bauchelain the First, crowned by the Grand Bishop Korbal Broach. Both...

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

I just read Reaper's Gale. I couldn't find a thread on this one, the seventh in Erikson's series. Spoilers for this book follow. I have been mostly loving the Malazan series so far. I was really enjoying the first half of this novel. I was thinking at that point it was shaping up to be one of...

Hi Steven Erikson and MALAZAN fans! Just a quick public service announcement here that Mr Erikson will be a guest on a live Google Hangout hosted by my anti-Violence Against Women charity at 6pm PST (Los Angeles Time), Friday 23 September 2016. Mr Erikson will be doing a reading and then...

I've just started House of Chains, and after reading 40 pages or so, I've flicked ahead to find that the first 150 pages are all about this fairly one-note Karsa Olong chap. I've also found out who he becomes, a character from Deadhouse Gates I didn't find at all interesting then either. So my...

A few years ago, I read the first three books of the Malazan series. I quite liked Gardens of the Moon, found Deadhouse Gates long, repetitive and overly grim, and Memories of Ice seemed a confusing mess that didn't know where its climax was. Since MOI had been often called the best in the...

I just finished House of Chains and thoroughly enjoyed most of it. Another great book. The Karsa Orlong story taking almost the first quarter of the book is fantastically written. The action is so well done. What a great page turning section and very different to how much of the books are...

House of Chains Steven Erikson Tor, Aug 2006, $14.95 ISBN: 0765315742 In Northern Genabackis, the raiders leave the mountains to bring death and destruction to those lowlanders they hate residing in the southern flatlands. Amidst these brutal warriors is Karsa Orlong the Teblor who is unaware...

Midnight Tides Steven Erikson Tor, Apr 2007, ISBN: 076531651X The Warlock King of Hiroth has done the unimaginable by uniting the tribes of Tiste Edur under his rule. He continues to expand beyond the historical borders though he worries about his legacy as he fears his offspring will either...

The Bonehunters Steven Erikson Tor, Sep 2007, $27.95 ISBN: 9780765310064 The defeat was so devastating especially with the rebel leader Sha’il dead; the revolt is all but lost. The last remnant of the rebel army has fled inside the eerie city of Y’Ghatan where the Malazan army hesitates because...

Reaper’s Gale Steven Erikson Tor, Feb 2008, $27.95 ISBN 9780765310071 The brutal Tiste Edur tribe of the north rules the Letherii Empire that they only recently conquered, but their control is weak and shaky as most people oppose them and Chancellor Gnol still runs the government. The Emperor...

Toll The Hounds Steven Erikson Tor, Sep 2008, $17.95 ISBN: 0765316544 It has been six years since the last deity battle, but another one between competing Gods seems imminent in Darujhistan. The native Crippled God and the Dying God want a seat at the pantheon. Each uses expendable humans to...

Dust of Dreams Steven Erikson Tor, Jan 19 2010, $17.99 ISBN: 9780765316554 East of the Letherii Empire lies the Wastelands and the Glass desert where Malazan 14the Army Commander Adjunct Tavore leads her troops, the Bonehunters into exile. Joining them on their excursion is the Letherii...

The Crippled God Steven Erikson Tor, Mar 1 2011, $19.99 ISBN: 9780765316561 What is left of the Bonehunters Army of the Malazan Empire is a battered unit who were devastated by the Chain Nah’Ruk. Their resolute leader Adjunct Tavore Paran knows the morale of her soldiers is mutinous as most...

Forge of Darkness Steven Erikson Tor, Sep 18 2012, $27.99 ISBN: 9780765323569 In in Kurald Galain, the Tiste people look forward to the peace after a brutal war against the Forulkan and the Jheleck. However, the militia having no external hostilities to fight refuses to give up power earned...

If you haven't read to about 70% of the first book, which is unlikely if you're in this forum.... So I've got to just after the part where Rallick had his fight with Ocelot, and Murrilio hasn't heard from him in a while and presumes him dead, so he proceeds to go along with the plan to duel...

Now, anybody familiar with this series would know this to be a very, very difficult question to answer. About half-way through Reaper's Gale, right now, I'd have to say Karsa Orlong. He's somehow simultaneously complex and simple at the same time. He's constantly underestimated by almost...

I am looking for a new series after completing the wheel of time. I started gardens of the moon a couple months ago but after 150 pages put it down and I never do that. At the same time I have this feeling I I cool come to understand and get ino the books I would love them so I'm giving...