[worry]

It was bound to happen.

[sigpig]

worry, on 21 January 2025 - 02:55 PM, said:

Do you think there are penguins in the Malazan world? There's plenty of ice.

And memories thereof.

[Planck]

"A goddess awakens".
Laseen? Please let it be Laseen.

[Abyss]

Burn.

[sigpig]

Abyss, on 18 February 2025 - 04:31 PM, said:

Burn.

Burn awakening would have...consequences...
Maybe a new Whirlwind Goddess? The soul of Felesin, perhaps?

[ArchieVist]

Over on the wiki, Jade Raven found and posted the official UK cover image for No Life Forsaken.

Cover link

This post has been edited by ArchieVist: 11 April 2025 - 02:14 PM

[QuickTidal]

ArchieVist, on 11 April 2025 - 02:10 PM, said:

Over on the wiki, Jade Raven found and posted the official UK cover image for No Life Forsaken.

Cover link

OOOOOOOOOoooooo, I love that!

[worry]

I wonder if that's Felisin Jr.

[Tsundoku]

ArchieVist, on 11 April 2025 - 02:10 PM, said:

Over on the wiki, Jade Raven found and posted the official UK cover image for No Life Forsaken.

Cover link

Dead link.

[ArchieVist]

It still works for me. Try this one.

[pat5150]

For a full size version, see here.

[pat5150]

You can see the US cover art here.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

But...where's the boat? Are they on it? Is the guy lying on the floor seasick?

[buddhacat]

So who is this person? Lady Envy with a sleeping Thurule or someone on the floor? Or Tangle-Witch with Oams knowcked out again in the foreground?

[Abyss]

buddhacat, on 25 April 2025 - 10:52 PM, said:

So who is this person? Lady Envy with a sleeping Thurule or someone on the floor? Or Tangle-Witch with Oams knowcked out again in the foreground?

Envy ditched Thurule at the end of OST.
Maybe Stillwater decides to go back to her aristo family and take up lawyering again!

[Tiste Simeon]

ArchieVist, on 08 January 2025 - 06:50 PM, said:

No Life Forsaken plot summary from Penguin:

Quote

A goddess awakens to a new world, only to find that some things never change.

Amidst the ashes of a failed rebellion in Seven Cities, new embers are flaring to life.

There are furrowed brows at the beleaguered Malazan Legion headquarters in G'danisban for it would appear that yet another bloody clash with the revived cult of the Apocalyptic is coming to a head.

Seeking to crush the uprising before it ignites the entire subcontinent, Fist Arenfall has only a few dozen squads of marines at his disposal, and many of those are already dispersed - endeavouring to stamp out multiple brush-fires of dissent. But his soldiers are exhausted, worn down by the grind of a simmering insurrection and the last thing Arenfall needs is the arrival of the new Adjunct, fresh from the capital and the Emperor's side.

The man's mission may be to lend support to Arenfall's efforts . . . or stick a knife in his back. 'Twas ever thus', of course. That a popular commander should inevitably be seen as a threat to the Emperor - such is the fatal nature of imperial Malazan politics.

And what of the gods? Well, as recent history has proved, their solution to any mortal mess is to make it even messier. In other words, it's just another tumultuous day in the chequered history of the Malazan Empire.

Hmm less of a direct sequel to TGINW than I was expecting but I dunno why because it fits SE.


I wonder who the new Adjunct is (the Adjunct to Mallick Rel? Gonna be a fun dude no doubt).

As to the spoilered bit on the previous page, if that is the case I wonder if he has come to take revenge on the abuses of a certain former priest of his?

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 13 May 2025 - 01:09 PM, said:

I wonder who the new Adjunct is (the Adjunct to Mallick Rel? Gonna be a fun dude no doubt).
...

Grub's career has to start somewhere.

[Tiste Simeon]

Abyss, on 13 May 2025 - 04:24 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 13 May 2025 - 01:09 PM, said:

I wonder who the new Adjunct is (the Adjunct to Mallick Rel? Gonna be a fun dude no doubt).
...

Grub's career has to start somewhere.

That's a fair shout! I'm going through the series again now and I can't quite remember how he ends up in TCC. But I do recall one of the epigraphs mentioning him as first sword.

[Abyss]

Tiste Simeon, on 14 May 2025 - 07:28 AM, said:

Abyss, on 13 May 2025 - 04:24 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 13 May 2025 - 01:09 PM, said:

I wonder who the new Adjunct is (the Adjunct to Mallick Rel? Gonna be a fun dude no doubt).
...

Grub's career has to start somewhere.

That's a fair shout! I'm going through the series again now and I can't quite remember how he ends up in TCC. But I do recall one of the epigraphs mentioning him as first sword.

At the end of TCG
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
CRIPPLED GOD SPOILER
MAJOR MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN
SERIES END SPOILER

...he kind of accidentally ends up in command of the KChain CheMalle forces - it's a very 'Anakin Skywalker hides in the auto-launched starfighter, saves the planet' moment - and we don't see him again after the battle.

[buddhacat]

Not going to spoil anything too much here, but SE did post several pages of his manuscript in progress on his FB page. A typical Malazan introduction of Fist Arenfall to the new Adjunct and (if I recall correctly) also a section on some old tusked friends from the Bonehunters. Or maybe they were two separate posts.