Dust of Dreams: Book Nine of The Malazan Book of the Fallen

Steven Erikson

Jan 2010 · Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 9 · Sold by Macmillan

About this ebook

In war everyone loses. This brutal truth can be seen in the eyes of every soldier in every world...

In Letherii, the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen.

And in these same Wastelands, others gather to confront their destinies. The warlike Barghast, thwarted in their vengeance against the Tiste Edur, seek new enemies beyond the border and Onos Toolan, once immortal T'lan Imass now mortal commander of the White Face clan, faces insurrection. To the south, the Perish Grey Helms parlay passage through the treacherous kingdom of Bolkando. Their intention is to rendezvous with the Bonehunters but their vow of allegiance to the Malazans will be sorely tested. And ancient enclaves of an Elder Race are in search of salvation—not among their own kind, but among humans—as an old enemy draws ever closer to the last surviving bastion of the K'Chain Che'Malle.

So this 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? And can that which is not witnessed forever change the world? Destines are rarely simple, truths never clear but one certainty is that time is on no one's side. For the Deck of Dragons has been read, unleashing a dread power that none can comprehend...

In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the final chapter of ‘The Malazan Book of the Fallen' has begun...



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Ratings and reviews

The conclusion to this book is so epic that it makes up for some of the periods that languish in the middle. And honestly after 9 books if you love the characters you'll appreciate the time you spend with them in the middle as it touches on topics of mortality, morality and life. He definitely waxes philosophic in this book, but it all comes together in the end, if not perhaps a little quickly for my taste. I still loved it and I will say that it cant be that bad if my initial reaction when finishing the last page was to rush to buy the 10th book!

I love this series, but I liked this one the least. Too much unexplained, ideas planted with little growth, and nothing added to make me attached to characters more. Just felt like a big sequence of events to slog through before the next book

The only series I have ever read, that I enjoy more than this is Game of Thrones. And truthfully this one may be right on par. Amazing storytelling. On to the "Crippled God"!!!

About the author

Steven Erikson is an archaeologist and anthropologist and a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His Malazan Book of the Fallen series, including The Crippled God, Toll the Hounds and Reaper's Gale, have met with widespread international acclaim and established him as a major voice in the world of fantasy fiction. The first book in the series, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. The second novel, Deadhouse Gates, was voted one of the ten best fantasy novels of 2000 by SF Site. He lives in Canada.