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| Original Title: | Forge of Darkness |
| ISBN: | 0593062175 (ISBN13: 9780593062173) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Kharkanas Trilogy #1, Malazan #1, Ultimate reading order suggested by members of the Malazan Empire Forum #1, Malazan Authors’ Suggested Reading Order #1 , more |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2012) |
Steven Erikson
Hardcover | Pages: 662 pages Rating: 4.13 | 7127 Users | 386 Reviews
Details Appertaining To Books Forge of Darkness (The Kharkanas Trilogy #1)
| Title | : | Forge of Darkness (The Kharkanas Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | Steven Erikson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 662 pages |
| Published | : | August 2nd 2012 by Bantam Press (first published July 31st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Epic Fantasy. Fiction. High Fantasy |
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Now is the time to tell the story of an ancient realm, a tragic tale that sets the stage for all the tales yet to come and all those already told...It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power. and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the First Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold...
Steven Erikson entered the pantheon of great fantasy writers with his debut Gardens of the Moon. Now he returns with the first novel in a trilogy that takes place millennia before the events of the Malazan Book of the Fallen and introduces readers to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness. It is the epic story of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in shaping the world of the Malazan Empire.
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Ratings: 4.13 From 7127 Users | 386 ReviewsWrite Up Appertaining To Books Forge of Darkness (The Kharkanas Trilogy #1)
Who are you? If you're thinking of reading this book you're one of two people. 1 you've enjoyed the Malazan universe immensly, and can't wait to delve into this new arc. Or, you've heard great things about this epic, and are a little intimidated about getting into these massive volumes. If you're in this second group it seems to be a great place to start. There's just as much history, and mystery built into the Tiste era, and if anything Erikson's writing skills are more polished, this timeErickson has a habit of having inner monologues or dialogues that tend to ramble for pages as he tries to get across some philosophical point. Normally these are interspersed with good scenes, and especially towards the end of a book, lots of action. In this book it has gone overboard. I struggled just to finish it. We'll see if the next in the series picks up. I sure hope so.
Sadness! It is over!What can I say about Erikson's shit that I haven't said before?That y'all fuckers need to stop reading your YA and your classics and your ironic shit and read some Malazan goodness?That I don't understand how this fucker its not on those fancy award winning lists?Fuck! This is fucking brilliant! So many questions answered only to raise twice as many! !Anomander will come to understand that you cannot control anythingAndarist will known grieve.Silchas still scares me.
4.5 starsI had heard it said that The Kharkanas Trilogy would be a good starting point to the uninitiated who fear the monster that is the Malazan Book of the Fallen (10 books) or, together with the Esslemont's books (six), the entire Malazan world. That may be so, but it is undoubtedly true that Forge of Darkess will bear sweeter fruits to those who had walked through the fire of Erikson's genius before. They would be on the familiar ground - in his complex language, seemingly unconnected
This is not a review. This is sort of a praise.First, a paragraph from the book:"That said, he knew that he was a poor teacher. He wove hishistories as if they were inventions, disconnected and notrelevant. Worse, he preferred the sweeping wash of colour toobsessive detail, ineffable feeling over intense analysis, possibilityover probability; he was, by any measure, a dreadful historian."Oh the irony!Apparently what Steven Erikson finds dreadful in a historian, I cherish in a fantasy writer. Let
The Forge of Darkness is Steven Erikson's first novel after he finished his 10 book Malazan cycle. It delves into the ancient history of the same world and tells us about the struglles of a vast cast of characters set before the picture of a looming civil war in Kharkanas, home of the self-proclaimed goddess Mother Dark, head of the Tiste nation.As typical for Erikson the novel goes far beyond the concept of characters, plot and setting. Often characters are just invented to present a
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