![]() ![]() Having conquered vast swathes of territory, the Empress Laseen has now turned her sights on Pale and Darujhistan, the last two free cities on the continent of Genabackis. I’m still not entirely sure that I understand what’s been going on, but I feel weirdly exhilarated, as if I’ve dipped a toe into a world and mythology that expands far beyond anything I can yet imagine.ĭark things are afoot in the world of the Malazan Empire. The problem cited most often is that the book throws you in at the deep end with no back-story, little exposition and a dizzying cast of characters but I’ve made it through the Lymond Chronicles, so such things hold no fear for me. Rumour has it that you either give up at a third of the way through Gardens of the Moon, or fall for it completely, so I suppose I belong to the second camp. Esslemont, who also writes a series set in the same world, and they’re notorious for being tricky to get into. His Malazan books are based on an intricate high-fantasy universe co-created with Ian C. Steven Erikson’s Gardens of the Moon promised to be just the ticket. I’ve spent far too long on aeroplanes over the last month, so was looking for something big and meaty to occupy me during eighteen-hour schleps back and forth from London to Macau. The Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 1 (Malazan Chronology 11) ![]()
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