Forge of darkness

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2012 by Tor.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-2356-9
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Steven Erikson returns to the world he helped make in the ten book saga Malazan Book of the Fallen. It is a much earlier time and can be viewed as a prequel to that sequence. Unlike the vast majority of his previous series, this is not a self-contained novel, it is instead the first part in a trilogy.

Unique in the realm of prequels, this book can be read by fans of the other Malazan books or by readers new to the series. So I will try to articulate what both groups ought to expect from this tale of the Tiste.

For those unfamiliar with Erikson's previous work: Is this a good starting point? Sure. Erikson still does not write with the clarity inherent in blockbuster authors such as Martin or Jordan, and as such the uninitiated will always find their first encounter with Erikson to be one of befuddlement, …