2004.
920 pages, Gollancz trade paperback.
An American kid is out walking in the forest surrounding his and his brother’s cabin when he spots a castle in the sky, and follows it. During his pursuit he looses track of where he is, and when night falls he decides to sleep out in the forest. When he wakes [...]
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The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe
Night of Knives, by Ian C. Esslemont
Night of Knives,
by Ian C. Esslemont.
2005.
Bantam Press.
282 pages, hardcover edition.
Even though I enjoyed the book, and ripped through it faster than I have ripped through anything since I had a severe cold about two months ago, I am not sure if I see Esslemont as an independent author. Sure, he is the co-creator of the [...]
… and “Reaper’s Gale”.
”Reaper’s Gale”
by Steven Erikson.
Bantham TPB, 2007. 910 s.
It’s been three years since the Edur conquest of the Letherii Empire, and one year since the outlawing of Adjunct Tavore, the Bonehunters, and the rest of her army.
“Reaper’s Gale” has the same basic structure as all the other “Malazan” books. It starts out kinda slow, with a [...]
Goosebumps!
“Reaper’s Gale”, p. 365, the thoughts of Atri-Preda Yan Tovis of the Letherii Army:
“The Malazans are on our shore.”
“Reaper’s Gale” — about 150 pages in…
I’ve decided (uh…) to take it more easy with this book than I have done with some of its prequels. I finished “Bonehunters” in about three days, for example, and while it was quite fun while it lasted, it didn’t last for very long.
Naturally, how much I have to do with this decision is open [...]
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