It seems that, once more, there will be dragons in the world.Īnd so begins the last chapter in Steven Erikson's extraordinary, genre-defining Malazan Book of the Fallen.

Awaiting Tavore and her allies are the Forkrul Assail, the final arbiters of humanity. While Erikson has been building to this conclusion for 10 books, books 8 and 9 (Toll the Hounds and Dust of Dreams, respectively) really start to lay out the true scope of t. A woman with no gifts of magic, deemed plain, unprepossessing, displaying nothing to instill loyalty or confidence, Tavore Paran of House Paran means to challenge the gods - if her own troops don't kill her first. So, Ill start with an excerpt of my review. For the Elder Gods seek to shatter the chains that bind a force of utter devastation and set her free. I thought it was time we had a full-blown spoiler thread for The Crippled God. It had long been known that there would be a reckoning, but not the true, terrifying scale of what was to come. Led by Yedan Derryg, they are preparing for the coming of the Tiste Liosan - and a battle they cannot win. Their desire is to cleanse the world - to eradicate every civilization, to annihilate every human - in order to begin anew.Īnd outside the abandoned city of Kharkanas, thousands have gathered upon the First Shore. Ranged against Tavore and her allies are the Forkrul Assail. If she can hold her forces and their fragile alliances together, Adjunct Tavore Paran means to challenge the gods. Also the military strategy makes no sense whatsoever, down to the individual battles. They are exhausted - an army on the brink of mutiny. They draw extra power from the heart of the Crippled God in order to boost their grand Akhrast Korvalain magic, but when it is time to unleash it, it pretty much duds, making the reader wonder what the hell happened. The Bonehunters are marching to Kolanse, and to an unknown fate. The final, apocalyptic chapter in one of the most original, exciting and acclaimed fantasy series of our time.

The crippled god by steven erikson