Dust of Dreams: The Malazan Book of the Fallen 9

Name: Dust of Dreams: The Malazan Book of the Fallen 9
Rating: 4.60606050491333 (99 reviews)

Steven Erikson

Apr 2010 · Random House

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‘Erikson is . . . a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics’ SALON.COM

In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the penultimate chapter in Steven Erikson’s game-changing The Malazan Book of the Fallen begins . . .

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

On Letherii, the exiled Malazan army prepares to march into the eastern Wastelands to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen. The fate that lies in wait for the Bonehunters is one no soldier can prepare for, and no mortal soul can withstand. Their foe is uncertainty, and stubborn courage the only weapon worth wielding.

They are resolved to make a defiant and heroic last stand in the name of redemption but can deeds be heroic when no one is there to witness them? And can that which is not witnessed change the world?

Destinies are rarely simple, truths never clear. The only certainty is that time is on no-one's side – for the Deck of Dragons has been read, unleashing a power that none can comprehend . . .

‘I stand slack-jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. This masterwork of the imagination may be the high watermark of epic fantasy’
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‘Erikson is . . . a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics’ SALON.COM In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the penultimate chapter in Steven Erikson’s game-changing The Malazan Book of the Fallen begins . . . In war everyone loses. This brutal truth can be see...

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99 reviews

jonas røed

September 16, 2019

Dust of dreams, is far from the best in the Malazan empire series. At least I feel that way about the book. Its has so many characters to track, it becomes a little difficult. But once you have followed the series this far, it's hard to stop.

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Pierre Cordier

September 12, 2025

it could belong with the greatest novels, but it contains too many inner monologues breaking the rhythm of the story. No matter the character, it always rants about the futility of life, which gives the impression of reading a good fantasy novel, regularly cut by some emo teenager's post. I eventually learned to recognize and skip those parts

Elias T Hammer

November 21, 2018

Some sections are pure genius. But in true Erikson style, there are some rather drawn out and unnecessarily boring sections. On to the final chapter!

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About the author

Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson is the bestselling author of the genre-defining The Malazan Book of the Fallen, a multi-volume fantasy that’s been hailed ‘a masterwork of the imagination’ and one of the top ten fantasy series of all time. The first novel in the sequence, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. He has written several novellas set in the same world. Forge of Darkness was the first Kharkanas novel, taking readers back to the origins of what would become the Malazan Empire; Fall of Light continued this momentous tale.
A lifelong science fiction reader, he’s written a trilogy that affectionately parodies a long-running television series as well as Rejoice, a Knife to the Heart, a story of first contact.
Set in the world of the Malazan Empire, ten years after the events recounted in The Crippled God, The God is Not Willing heralded the start of a thrilling new series – The Tales of Witness – continued in No Life Forsaken. Legacies of Betrayal is the third book in this epic adventure.

Steven Erikson lives in Victoria, Canada. To find out more, look for him on Facebook: Steven Erikson – Author

Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson is the bestselling author of the genre-defining The Malazan Book of the Fallen, a multi-volume fantasy that’s been hailed ‘a masterwork of the imagination’ and one of the top ten fantasy series of all time. The first novel in the sequence, Gardens o...

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