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Dust of Dreams: Book Nine of The Malazan Book of the Fallen (edition 2010)

by Steven Erikson

Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen (9), World of Malazan (Book of the Fallen 9), Malazan Chronology (17)

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The last great army of the Malazan Empire is resolved to make one final, defiant, heroic stand in the name of redemption. But can deeds be heroic when there is no one to witness them? The Deck of Dragons has been read, unleashing a dread power that none can comprehend...
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Title:Dust of Dreams: Book Nine of The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Authors:Steven Erikson
Info:Tor Fantasy (2010), Edition: Reprint, Mass Market Paperback, 1280 pages
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Not my favorite in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, but still very well-written, with complex characters and important themes. Erikson has a way of turning characters 180 degrees and upending the reader's previous notions about them. My complaints are with the slow, slow pace of much of this book, building up, I know, to the final book in the series, and with the storylines and characters that seem relatively unrelated to both the main plot lines and the previous installments in the series. ( )
  katmarhan | Nov 6, 2024 |
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(colgo l occasione per dire che per quanto io ami alla follia questa saga c'è una pecca intollerabile: le donne sono tutte mal scritte, al limite del caricaturale!! e quasi sempre inutili, inconcludenti, semplici riempitivi anche quando sono protagoniste. E' talmente palese che sembra impossibile che nessuno lo faccia notare) ( )
  LLonaVahine | May 22, 2024 |
Impossible to rate before completing book 10, which is really the second half of this two-parter. I'll have to report back when I finish it.
  Adamantium | Aug 21, 2022 |
Fannst erfitt að tengja við þessa næst síðustu sögu Eriksons í seríunni. Fjöldi persónanna gerir sem fyrr miklar kröfur til lesandans og sagan er á köflum langdregin með þunglyndislegri heimspeki. Heimsmyndin er hins vegar mögnuð og blæbrigðin í ólíkri menningu og sögu ólíkra hópa þessa heims eru með ólíkindum. Þessi saga er í raun bara fyrri hlutinn af endalokum seríunnar og því endar hún dálítið í lausu lofti en eftir ofboðsleg átök þar sem margar af sögupersónum fyrri bóka falla - en líkt og komið hefur oft í ljós í ritröðinni þá eru guðirnir ekkert á því að sleppa tangarhaldinu af þeim sem deyja heldur er þeim teflt stöðugt áfram aftur og aftur. ( )
  SkuliSael | Apr 28, 2022 |
If Toll the Hounds is slow and steady, then this book is a tortoise for 90% and a Hood damned rocket for the rest 10%. The K'chain definately stole the show, with the malazans second and the Bargahst plot, which I thought was overly depressing and confusing, taking up the rear. Who knows how Erikson is going to finish all this, but we'll see.

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Ten years ago I received an endorsement from a most unexpected source, from a writer I respected and admired. The friendship born in that moment is one I deeply treasure. With love and gratitude, I dedicate this novel to Stephen R. Donaldson.
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