“Steven Erikson is an extraordinary writer. The Black Company, Zelazny’s Amber, Vance’s Dying Earth, and other mighty drumbeats are but foreshadowings of this dark dragon’s hoard.” ― Glen Cook This marathon of ambition has a depth and breadth and sense of vast reaches of inimical time unlike anything else available today. This masterwork of imagination may be the high water mark of epic fantasy. Donaldson “I stand slack-jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. And my entirely selfish advice to Steven Erikson is, write faster.” ― Stephen R. My advice to anyone who might listen to me is, Treat yourself to Gardens of the Moon. Gardens of the Moon pdf Book Reviews Editorial Reviews Customer Reviews: 4.4 out of 5 stars 5,113 ratings.#964 in Sword & Sorcery Fantasy (Books).Best Sellers Rank: #20,866 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books).
The fast-moving plot, with sieges, duels (of sword and of spell), rebellions, intrigue and revenge, unearthed monsters and earth-striding gods, doesn't leave much room for real depth. The book features a plethora of princes and paupers, powers and principalities, with much inventive detail to dazzle and impart a patina of mystery and ages past. Other characters may go further, to death and back even, but none is as sharply portrayed. Paran travels on journeys of body and soul, going from innocent to hardened rebel against gods and empire without losing his moral core. Jumping often between plot lines, the novel follows Ganoes Stabro Paran from his boyhood dreaming of soldiers to his escape from imperial service. Perhaps they need to stay small enough for the reader to keep them all in mind. In this sprawling fantasy epic of the Malazan empire at war with its enemies and itself, the first of a projected 10-volume series, Canadian newcomer Erikson offers many larger-than-life scenes and ideas, but his characters seem to shrink to fit the story.
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