Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)
In the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Shai'ik and her followers prepare for the long-foretold uprising known as the Whirlwind. This apocalyptic struggle will unleash blood hatred and bloodlust of nearly unimaginable proportions. This sequel to Gardens of the Moon offers us a new sense of the...
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In the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Shai'ik and her followers prepare for the long-foretold uprising known as the Whirlwind. This apocalyptic struggle will unleash blood hatred and bloodlust of nearly unimaginable proportions. This sequel to Gardens of the Moon offers us a new sense of the vastness of Steven Erikson's Malazan dominion.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780765314291 (0765314290)
ASIN: 765314290
Publish date: February 1st 2005
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 608
Edition language: English
Series: The Malazan Book of the Fallen (#2)
Series: The Malazan Book of the Fallen #2 I'm invoking the "Life is too short and I have too many better books to read" clause. I really wasn't a fan of Gardens of the Moon, the first book in the series, but I kept hearing from my friends that the first book isn't actually all that good and that...
The Deadhouse Gates is an interesting book and one that is quite the dichotomy. The chain of dogs story as well as Felisin's arc was a tough slog. Then you get gem arcs revolving around two very old and odd travellers as well as a few known characters in Kalam, Apsalar, Fidd and Crokus. So please ta...
I see now that the unnamed soldier is a gift. The named soldier –dead, melted wax –demands a response among the living ... a response no-one can make. Names are no comfort, they're a call to answer the unanswerable. Why did she die, not him? Why do the survivors remain anonymous –as if cursed –while...
The “Malazan Book of the Fallen” is considered as the most dark fantasy by many, thats the one reason that I didn’t dumped it after reading Gardens of the Moon. I really want to know and explore the complex world that Erikson has created in this epic series or atleast get to know why it is tagged as...
Short review, because, super busy. Super short summary: Two young girls are being pushed by forces outside their control, to very different destinies although both end up in the holy desert Raraku. And Raraku is also the source of an uprising against the Malazan Empire, leading to a desperate cha...
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