Toll The Hounds: Epic fantasy from this master storyteller (The Malazan Book of the Fallen 8)

Name: Toll The Hounds: Epic fantasy from this master storyteller (The Malazan Book of the Fallen 8)
Rating: 4.6619720458984375 (142 reviews)

Steven Erikson

May 2009 · Random House

142 reviews

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The tumultuous eighth chapter in Steven Erikson’s epic The Malazan Book of the Fallen - and the story enters its final, climactic stages.

It is said that Hood waits at the end of every plot, every scheme, each grandiose ambition . . .

But this time it is different: this time the Lord of Death is there at the beginning.

Darujhistan swelters and seethes with portents, rumours and whispers. Strangers have arrived, a murderer is abroad, and assassins are targeting the owners of K'rul's Bar. But such events will be dwarfed by what is about to happen – for in the distance can be heard the baying of hounds.

And in far-away Black Coral, the ruling Tiste Andii appear oblivious to the threat posed by the cult of the Redeemer – an honourable, once-mortal man who now seems powerless against the twisted vision of his followers.

So Hood stands at the beginning of a conspiracy that will shake the cosmos, but at its end there waits another: Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness, who has vowed to right an ancient and terrible wrong . . .

‘Beautifully melancholic and exhilaratingly epic . . . one of the finest fantasy novels ever written’
GRIMDARK

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The tumultuous eighth chapter in Steven Erikson’s epic The Malazan Book of the Fallen - and the story enters its final, climactic stages. It is said that Hood waits at the end of every plot, every scheme, each grandiose ambition . . . But this time it is different: this time the Lord of Death is...

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142 reviews

July 21, 2019

Probably the weakest book in the series. Too many side plots that take forever to build up and go nowhere really. Some of the characters are only there so we wouldn't forget they exist. The last 300 pages were good, everything up until then not su much. I understand the author tries to replicate the greatness of second book: a slow drawn out conclusion, but there's just too much building up that feels irrelevant at the time. I'm hoping the next book will correct all the mistakes of this one.

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Kevin Guise

February 24, 2024

It felt at this point that the author lost control of the series. This author creates endless numbers of characters that are impossible to keep track of across multiple books. I enjoy the authors writing, but there are too many characters, and to many characters in this book are utterly forgettable. It's a real slog to get through this book in the series.

jonas røed

May 16, 2019

This is not my favorite of the Malazan Empire series. I can't put my finger on what keeps me from giving it four stars. I enjoyed most of the book, but I was also sometimes annoyed as well. Which is likely why I scored 3 stars instead of 4. Still, I will move on to the next book in the series.

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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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