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    Fall of Light
    Audiobook44 hours

    Fall of Light

    Written by Steven Erikson

    Narrated by Barnaby Edwards

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    About this audiobook

    Enter the New York Times bestselling Malazan universe with this prequel trilogy

    Steven Erikson returns to the Malazan world with the second novel in a dark and revelatory new epic fantasy trilogy, one that takes place a millennium before the events in his New York Times bestselling Malazan Book of the Fallen.

    It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, 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. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm. As rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold.…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781469221083
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    Fall of Light
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    Steven Erikson

    STEVEN ERIKSON is an archaeologist and anthropologist and a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His Malazan Book of the Fallen series has met widespread international acclaim and established him as a major voice in the world of fantasy fiction. The first book in the series, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. The second novel, Deadhouse Gates, was voted one of the ten best fantasy novels of the year by SF Site. He lives in Canada.

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    • 4/5
      I was disappointed by this after reading almost all the other Malazan books. The richly conceived worlds and multiple twisting plot lines are still there to appreciate. However, the characters are constantly musing, philosophizing and speechifying. At times it seems like William Shakespeare has taken over Erikson's writing. The way the final battle was written left me unfulfilled. I hope that Erikson can get back to stories like the Malazan series.
    • 5/5
      This was a great book. I enjoyed even more of the revelations and recontextulization of the original two series. IMO, it's also better written than MBotF. The prose is even more magnificent. The tragedy and weirdness of the major conflicts are multilayered, where a fine line was walked between the passions of the characters, the symbolism and themes of the book, and the brutalities of not just a civil war but of the feudal society the Tiste live in. The later is also not indulged on. The growth of the magic is also handled well, and comes off as suitably weird and mythic, especially as FoL goes on. It doesn't get lost in a big showy spectacle. The ending also quite surprised me, but was all structured and foreshadowed enough that most of my concerns and questions were met with satisfaction, even more than with FoD.
    • 5/5
      Its a great book. I will not say it is Erikson's best, but it is definitely a great book. Actually I am having some trouble comparing these books to the original ten. Since the Kharkanas books are written in a different narrative register, it often feels odd to see a familiar SE trope and then see it turn out differently.

      Overall I would say there is a more meta feel to this book as SE infodumps a lot.. which again is unusual, but also the way he slides in references to MBotF feels like he is having a lot of fun doing it.

      So this book...

      I would say it has many extremely strong portions - Jaghut, Thel Akai, Dragon, Denier etc

      The Liosan portions were a bit boring to be honest.

      But then in the last part of the book I found a comment about Tiste navel gazing which made me realize the philosophical bloat was intentional and just SE having fun
    • 5/5
      This book is so very excellent if you have read the main storyline before. Even though this is a prequel, it benefits from having read the later books first, because it provides so many "wait, he's THAT GUY?"-reveals that are just great every single time.

      While I was slightly underwhelmed by the finale, the whole of the book is an easy five stars for the number of epic reveals alone. The worst thing about the book is that the third book in the series is so far away that I will likely have forgotten most of the characters by the time it comes around. :(

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