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#1 Jussi

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Posted 15 March 2012 - 11:58 PM

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Enter the New York Times bestselling Malazan universe... at a time that sets the stage for all the tales already told

Steven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writers with his debut Gardens of the Moon. Now Erikson returns with a trilogy that takes place before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. The Forge of Darkness takes readers to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, and tells an epic tale of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in the fall of the Malazan Empire.

It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the warren 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, longs for ascendency and Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but she has taken another Consort, Lord Draconus, from the faraway Dracon Hold. The idea of this union sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the 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 Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Adarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold.

Steven Erikson brings to life this ancient and important tale set in the world he introduced in the Malazan Book of the Fallen in a way that should appeal to fans of George R. R. Martin.

http://edelweiss.abo...&sku=0765323567

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 12:31 AM

Thanks for posting!

Veeeeerrrrrrry interesting. I know that these things are often a little off and not even necessarily written or seen by the author, but still...

Dracon Hold vs Purake Hold - the former makes it sound like a seperate realm, but then again we know Draconus first emerged pretending to be an Andii from a remote outpost or something like that, and then Purake Hold makes it sound like family titles.

I'm curious how the Purake thing is going to go with Dragnipur, if at all, given that we've heard Rake called Andomander Dragnipurake, making the common part of the names not likely a coincidence.

Super excited!!!

worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 12:44 AM

Cheers! I was checking the amazon.co.uk site for a synopsis for the last few weeks. Nothing there.
Very interesting. Have we heard of Vatha Urusander before? I don't think so. Was he metioned in TtH?
Didn't SE say this trilogy was more Shakesperian unlike the Book of the Fallen which was inspired by the Iliad.
I wonder if Hamlet is an inspiration for this trilogy.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 03:53 AM

Awesome, although I hate the part about it appealing to fans of GRRM. That's just put there because GRRM has become so commercialized. I'm sure publishers all around the world are trying to find ways to fit in, "It's like GRRM!" to fantasy books in an effort to get more people to buy them.

Not to say I don't like GRRM. I just hate how commercialized his series is now.

Anyway, as I said, awesome synopsis. Can't wait.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:25 AM

Great find!
soo.... "ancient power emerging from the long dead seas..." --Tiam? FL? the Shake? other crazy suggestions?

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:27 AM

Mentalist, on 16 March 2012 - 04:25 AM, said:

Great find!
soo.... "ancient power emerging from the long dead seas..." --Tiam? FL? the Shake? other crazy suggestions?

Sea of Light? Perhaps the Liosan?

Trouble arrives when the opponents to such a system institute its extreme opposite, where individualism becomes godlike and sacrosanct, and no greater service to any other ideal (including community) is possible. In such a system rapacious greed thrives behind the guise of freedom, and the worst aspects of human nature come to the fore....

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:47 AM

What if it's the KCCM or the KCNR doing the if-by-sea route again?

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:53 AM

amphibian, on 16 March 2012 - 04:47 AM, said:

What if it's the KCCM or the KCNR doing the if-by-sea route again?

It's the fucking Jhorliggs.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:55 AM

It's that mysterious fearsome thing that wears Drift Avalii as a hat.

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:57 AM

worrywort, on 16 March 2012 - 04:55 AM, said:

It's that mysterious fearsome thing that wears Drift Avalii as a hat.

It's a tsunami.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 05:39 AM

What if... they were lobstrosities and Erikson is connecting his works to the Dark Tower?

Richard K. Morgan, chew on that!

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 05:51 AM

amphibian, on 16 March 2012 - 05:39 AM, said:

What if... they were lobstrosities and Erikson is connecting his works to the Dark Tower?

Richard K. Morgan, chew on that!

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 10:16 AM

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 01:00 PM

Dod-a-chock. Dum-a-choo.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 01:28 PM

Think Hamlet too. Anomander's gonna brood forever whether in the mind to suffer and then kill his mothers consort and all his Light buddies, turning Mommy away from her children and laying waste to Kharkanas.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 03:12 PM

The synopsis sound really good! I have a feeling these will be better than the main series and much tighter storylines!

What is the other trilogy supposed to be? Sequels that happen after The Crippled God, or prequels as well?

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 04:33 PM

Kallor wasn't alive back then was he? It's going to be too long before we see him again.

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 05:36 PM

Deck of Dragons, on 16 March 2012 - 03:12 PM, said:

What is the other trilogy supposed to be? Sequels that happen after The Crippled God, or prequels as well?

Karsa Orlong, post-MBotF.

Edit: There's even a forum here for it and everything called "Toblakai Trilogy".

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 10:14 PM

The only ancient sea that springs to mind has to be the Vitr. And I d say the ancient entity has to be Tiam. I like the idea of MD being an entity and also something before the Andii. Apparently before MD reigned it was home to many a power so who knows what that means. During a recent reread of TTH I thought that MD may have forged a realm from choas in a long running battle against entities of a similar elemental nature.

IS anyone else thrown slightly by (probably bullshit) prelude that KG and the realm of dark is crucial to the fll of the Malazan Empire? ITs probably just an effort to link it in but still...

#20 rhulad

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Posted 16 March 2012 - 10:20 PM

Could the ancient power maybe be the Eres? Seems like they were around before the Imass, or am I not remembering correctly?

Also I'm not sure what fall they are talking about. So far, the Malazan empire has not fallen,

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