Forge of Darkness: The Kharkanas Trilogy 1
Forge of Darkness It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but...
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Forge of Darkness It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. Full description
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553820126 (0553820125)
Publish date: July 18th 2013
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 928
Edition language: English
Series: The Kharkanas Trilogy (#1)
Forge of Darkness, the first book ofSteven Erikson's Malazan prequel, The Kharkanas Trilogy, struck me in much the same way that Gardens of the Moon did so many years ago. In both cases, it took me several aborted attempts to get through the book. In fact, it was only the arrival of an ARC of Fall o...
Before writing my reviews, I have the tendency to look over other reviews for the same book to get an idea of what the book reviewing community has to say about what I just read. Doing that for this review has made me realize how much in the minority I am in my feelings for this particular book. Thi...
Reading this I felt like I had already been given the biggest, bestest, tastied birthday cake EVER (the Malazan series) and then somebody delivered the icing. I loved this. LOVED IT with the fire of a thousand suns. It's no secret that I worship at Erikson's altar, but still, I was nervous to begin ...
If you’re a fan of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, forget everything you ever thought you knew about the Tiste, the Jaghut, or anything or anyone else you encountered in that series. Better yet – since Erikson here and other authors in my recent reading have emphasized that the stories we tell ourse...
This book was not an easy read, there was no humor as was in the Malazan books. Also, you would want to read the Malazan series first to understand some of the importance of what is happening. Overall I loved this book, but hope the next book in the series will be a little easier to read.
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