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Just noticed the official summary and publishing date for Deadhouse Landing has been posted.
August 10 2017 in the UK
Returning readers to the turbulent early history of what would become the Malazan Empire, the second chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's thrilling new epic fantasy sequence . . .
After the disappointments of Li Heng, Dancer and Kellanved wash up on a small insignificant island named Malaz. Immediately, of course, Kellanved plans to take it over. To do so they join forces with a small band of Napans who have fled a civil war on their own home island. The plan, however, soon goes awry as Kellanved develops a strange and dangerous fascination for a mysterious ancient structure found on the island.
The chaos in the region extends to the metaphysical planes also as a young priest of D'rek starts to question the rot at the heart of the worship of the god of decay. And back in Li Heng, Dassem, now the proclaimed Sword of Hood, finds himself being blamed for a plague which leads him to a crisis of faith - and searching for answers.
During all this, war with the neighbouring island of Nap threatens, recruited allies wonder at Kellanved's sanity, and powerful entities take more of an interest in the little mage from Dal Hon. Dancer faces a hard choice: should he give up on his partnership? Especially when the fellow's obsession with shadows and ancient artefacts brings the both of them alarmingly close to death and destruction.
After all, who in his right mind would actually wish to enter an Elder mystery known to everyone as the 'Deadhouse'?
https://www.penguin....dhouse-landing/
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Deadhouse Landing Publisher Summary and Publication Date
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Posted 27 January 2017 - 10:43 PM
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Posted 28 January 2017 - 12:02 AM
Sounds like the blistering pace of the first installment is maintained. So much awesome. Esslemont really has found his feet in this prequel trilogy. Can't wait!
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Posted 28 January 2017 - 03:38 AM
Wow it is nice when authors finish books on time. (Knock on wood).
Although it's really easy to think of examples of authors who get into a schedule rut and lose their way (and their readers: looking at you, Terry Brooks and Terry Goodkind).
Although it's really easy to think of examples of authors who get into a schedule rut and lose their way (and their readers: looking at you, Terry Brooks and Terry Goodkind).
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Posted 28 January 2017 - 04:04 AM
gandrin, on 28 January 2017 - 03:38 AM, said:
Wow it is nice when authors finish books on time. (Knock on wood).
Although it's really easy to think of examples of authors who get into a schedule rut and lose their way (and their readers: looking at you, Terry Brooks and Terry Goodkind).
Although it's really easy to think of examples of authors who get into a schedule rut and lose their way (and their readers: looking at you, Terry Brooks and Terry Goodkind).
Malazan is one series where we have never had to worry about these problems!
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Posted 28 January 2017 - 03:35 PM
Does ICE write his own summaries? I noticed the use of the word "fellow," which ICE likes to use.
Sounds awesome by the way.
Sounds awesome by the way.
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Posted 28 January 2017 - 08:28 PM
So: Urko, Cartheron, Nok, Surly, Tayschrenn all joining in on the insanity? Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh boy!
Dancer will at some point stop doubting Kellenved, either this book or the third unnamed title. (Also, Toc, Amaron, and Choss still need to come about).
Dancer will at some point stop doubting Kellenved, either this book or the third unnamed title. (Also, Toc, Amaron, and Choss still need to come about).
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 01 March 2017 - 10:30 PM
Soooo much more interesting than the boring "single foreground figure" covers that have dominated the series since the ICE boats went away.
"Here is light. You will say that it is not a living entity, but you miss the point that it is more, not less. Without occupying space, it fills the universe. It nourishes everything, yet itself feeds upon destruction. We claim to control it, but does it not perhaps cultivate us as a source of food? May it not be that all wood grows so that it can be set ablaze, and that men and women are born to kindle fires?"
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
―Gene Wolfe, The Citadel of the Autarch
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