Anyway, I was afraid Dust of Dreams would be a letdown based on the first 100 or so pages but now I am just as hooked again, though there are a few things I need to have clarified. These books are pretty dense and sparse at the same time. Oh, and amazing.
Allright, so here's a few questions. Answers and/or RAFOs much appreciated.
1) There is a storyline that I am unsure about. Some children (are they children?) wandering about in a desert. One of them carries a baby appropriately named Held. What am I supposed to read into this story? Have they appeared before in earlier volumes? Where are they going and where did they go from? There are two storylines I feel I kind of glaze over, and this is one of them...
2)...the other being the one with Setac (Setoc?) and the K'Chain Che'Malle. What is this flying monster thingy/hunter, and can someone lay out for me the whats and whys of this storyline without spoiling the last half of the novel?
3) What happened to the Errant's eye (I have forgotten - was it Feather Witch clawing it out or something)?
4) Why did Sinn and Grubb go into the Azath house?
5) Who is Kilmandaros and that Forkrul Assail character (Setch something)?
6) What is Lieutenant Pores doing with Kindly? Is it a game?
7) How did Tool become the leader of the Barghast? (Forgotten) And did he marry Hetan? And is he flesh-and-blood now or still T'lan Imass?
8) Is there a connection between the Errant and Toc the Younger?
9) Why does the Malazan army decide to trek through the Wastelands. If these lands are so deadly, why not sail around?
10) Am I correct in assuming that these places with names like Ample Rooted are ancient K'Chain Che'Malle cities and that these dinosaurs somehow had high tech which to human characters may seem like magic? (I asked Steven at a signing whether he was influenced by ancient astronaut theories and such but he said no)
11) Taxilian and other characters are exploring one such city built into a giant dragon shell. Have I met these characters (Taxilian excepted) before? Where did they come from all of a sudden? And what was Taxilian's role before Dust of Dreams?
12) How am I supposed to envision the appearances of the following characters (I really don't have a clue how they are supposed to look - but hey, for most of Gardens of the Moon I believed Quick Ben looked like a cross between Gimli and a monk): Corporal Tarr, Captain Kindly, Lieutenant Pores, Captain Ruthan Gudd, Koryk, Corporals Touchy and Brethless, Sergeant Balm, Deadsmell, Yan Tovis and Yedan Derryg (and why do these two have different surnames), Nep Furrow,Torrent... yeah I am curious about those. With such a huge cast I can't blame Erikson for not describing everybody in detail but I can't attach even one physical trait to these people.
13) Why was Hedge first on Tavore's list, why was this particular reading of the Deck so fraught with danger, why were everybody slammed to the walls etc.?
14) Who/what/when/why/where is Kalyth?
As you may gather, I am looking forward to re-read the saga
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(Reading Night of Knives for the first time as well, I like it a lot - it's much easier to read which is kind of nice when reading it simultaneously with the doorstoppers)