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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | In war everyone loses. This brutal truth can be seen in the eyes of every soldier in every world… In Letherii, the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen.
And in these same Wastelands, others gather to confront their destinies. The warlike Barghast, thwarted in their vengeance against the Tiste Edur, seek new enemies beyond the border and Onos Toolan, once immortal T’lan Imass now mortal commander of the White Face clan, faces insurrection. To the south, the Perish Grey Helms parlay passage through the treacherous kingdom of Bolkando. Their intention is to rendezvous with the Bonehunters but their vow of allegiance to the Malazans will be sorely tested. And ancient enclaves of an Elder Race are in search of salvation—not among their own kind, but among humans—as an old enemy draws ever closer to the last surviving bastion of the K’Chain Che’Malle. So this last great army of the Malazan Empire is resolved to make one final defiant, heroic stand in the name of redemption. But can deeds be heroic when there is no one to witness them? And can that which is not witnessed forever change the world? Destines are rarely simple, truths never clear but one certainty is that time is on no one’s side. For the Deck of Dragons has been read, unleashing a dread power that none can comprehend… In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the final chapter of ‘The Malazan Book of the Fallen’ has begun…
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Steven Erikson | | Paperback: | 816 pages | | Publisher: | Tor Books | | Publication Date: | January 19, 2010 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0765316552 | | Package Length: | 9.1 inches | | Package Width: | 6.1 inches | | Package Height: | 1.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 11 reviews |
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 Incomprehensible, Dull, Droning, Pointless Mar 08, 2010
After reading -Dust of Dreams- I went back and reread the first novel in the series, -Gardens of the Moon-. I'm left wondering if these two pieces were actually written by the same author. -Gardens of the Moon- is full of action, dialogue and direction. There is a clearly discernable plot and three-dimensional characters that I actually care about. -Dust of Dreams- is the exact opposite - pages and pages, chapter after chapter of mind-numbing internal motivation, pointless exposition, and listless prose. I believe that Erikson handed this one off to an over-eager high school senior with a penchant for over-dramatization and an over reliance on a thesaurus.
If you've enjoyed the previous novels in this series I suggest skimming this book. Don't feel guilty if you skip a chapter or two - you're not missing anything. If you haven't attempted any of these novels, don't start with this one! Pick up a copy of -Gardens of the Moon-.
I'm left wondering - who were the children infected with parasites and marching across a wasteland, and exactly what did they have to do with the plot? Where did all the K'Chain Che Malle come from? Thousands of them? Where are they going and why? Where has the Crippled God gone? Isn't he the antagonist of this series? And for that matter, where the heck is Ganoes Paran? The more I read this novel the greater my frustration grew.
I'm earnestly hoping that Erikson takes the reins back from that pimply-faced teenager and writes a discernable sequel with clarity and comprehension.
 enter Draconus [no spoilers] Mar 04, 2010
"Dust of Dreams", the ninth tale in "The Malazan Book of the Fallen" saga, adds a couple more characters to an already vast forest of individuals. As stated in the author's note, the novel does not follow the traditional arc and will not provide full closure but is the first half of a two-volume novel. Therefore several of the addressed character plots (many of the Bonehunters after a major battle) are not resolved. The clever Erikson superbly illustrates magical power and the strength of a charismatic presence. I especially enjoy the character names but the amusing banter can be a bit distracting.
K'Chain Che'Malle and the Elder Gods are major focal points. After Draconus' entrance and his travels outside of Dragnipur, I'm eagerly anticipating his story in the final novel. Karsa Orlong and Captain Paran do not appear and Icarium is briefly visited in a rather confusing manner. However, I think I grasp what the author, who has been exceptionally resourceful in his narration, conveys in a mildly excessive metaphysical and philosophical approach. But a few dialogues involving a gibberish slang dialect are extremely difficult to follow and greatly reduced my reading flow.
While I appreciate detail and depth, when a page characterization occurs I struggle to recall the description and nuances of a particular soldier from earlier in the series. The brief moments remind the reader the character exists, yet may not advance the plot per se. I am dismayed by the lack of appendix detail. Many names (which are very funny, such as Rumjugs) reveal an obvious gender, otherwise I must search the internet, hoping for any information without spoiling a character's outcome.
The mediocre map and hopeless appendix provide little or no information. Given the abundant quantity of characters, an improved comprehensive appendix is necessary including racial characteristics, relating magical powers, and describing creatures.
Thank you.
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 Another thoroughly engaging and enjoyable addition to the series... Mar 01, 2010
Erikson is like a fine wine. You want to savor it, take in all its complexities and richness and revel in the bold flavor with the smooth finish. You don't want to drink the wine fast because then it would be gone, so you relish every nuance and take in every subtle flavor with joy. When I read Erikson I can't help but enjoy reading it slowly, taking in every bit, laughing and crying with the Malazans. Dust of Dreams is no exception. Although not the best in the series, it is arguably on par with the Erikson that we have come to know and love.
I knew going in to this one that it would be a cliffhanger, that DoD is actually the first half of the final book and would be setting up a lot of what will be happening in the final book. That being said I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the Malazans yapping at each other as they moved ever closer towards the final battle. In reading about the Barghast you aren't really reading about them, but more so of Onos Toolan as the warleader. We follow several threads out of Lether, namely that of The Shake, Sandalath and the Elder Gods. We finally follow the K'Chain Che'Malle and given a lot more insight in to their history.
Finally, as with many of Erikson's books, this one joins up with the timeline about 500 pages in where the Toll the Hounds left off with Rake dying and you get to see the effect it had on the players that did not take part in Toll the Hounds. I always enjoy this about Erikson because everything is brought full circle and you get to see how the series is all connected. As always, the humor has you chuckling, if not out right laughing at some parts, and the sadness of some scenes has you shaking your head, and always Erikson is able to stir your righteous anger and make you love and hate characters. I thoroughly recommend both this book and the series. Although the book ended with a lot of loose ends I would have liked to have continued following a little further (i.e. The Shake and Sandalath) I am left satisfied and will eagerly await the 10th and final book.
5 stars.
Speeding to the conclusion of the Book of the Fallen Feb 28, 2010
//Dust of Dreams// is book nine in Erikson's massive fantasy series, //The Malazan Book of the Fallen//. Huge in scope, with hundreds of characters, places, events, and ages-old back story tying it all together. //Fallen// is both high and low fantasy, blending gods, kings, and magic, along with foot soldiers in one army or another, marching to their next battle, unsure of even which side they are on. The previous book to //Dust of Dreams//, //Toll the Hounds//, received some negative reviews from readers due to its more philosophical themes, and while //Dust// does have some pondering from characters, it is a much more action-driven novel, sure to please the readers of the previous volumes.
Here, several of the major players in the world are all converging. The Malazan army is headed to the Wastelands to meet their final destiny, along with armies from almost every other major player from previous books. Erikson begins to bring together many of the storylines from the multitude of characters, but little gets resolved, with the book, creating more cliffhangers than resolving them. The good news is that the final volume in the series should be released next year, wrapping up all the dangling stories and providing the conclusion readers have been anticipating. If you haven't read the previous volumes, this is not the place to start, but the series is stellar (if dark and mature themed) and worth the time commitment.
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Losing the thread Feb 26, 2010
I'm a long time fan of this series, and still consider Deadhouse Gates to be one of the best fantasy novels I've ever read. But the downward trend in characterization, coherence, and common sense that has become increasingly obvious the last few books has really become too much in Dust of Dreams.
It's boring. I found I had to skip ahead vast amounts, usually in vain, to find some action to grab my interest, some attempt at humor that was actually funny, or some explanation of why I should care about yet more new characters inexplicably introduced in the ninth book of a ten book series.
It's pointlessly depressing. In past books, characters we cared about often had bad things happen to them for reasons tragic, ironic, or at least serving the plot. Those made me choke up, made me care, and sometimes made me righteously angry at other characters in the book. Good stuff. Here we have a lot of death that seems purely random and serving no purpose at all. Did anyone at all care about the Barghast after their only significant appearance in the third book? Of course not. Was anyone calling out for their reappearance in book nine? Endless pages describing stupid internal squabbles? Their ultimate fate, and the simply disgusting treatment of Hetan? I kept hoping to find something to tie this inexplicable interlude into the larger plot involving the Malazan 14th Army or the machinations of various gods and others, but it's not there. I can only guess Erikson couldn't get an S&M novella about primitive tribal cultures published independently and folded it into Dust of Dreams as some sort of misguided form of "artistic" expression.
It's not well integrated into the overall story. New characters/nations/factions, most of whom are boring and pointless even here and can't possibly be necessary to the completion of the series in the next book; "new" supposedly extinct races, for the 193rd time, with no foreshadowing whatsoever in previous books; and random flailing around by those actors we did know about from prior efforts in the series. I have no doubt whatsoever that I could write a two page synopsis of the events in this book that would enable one to transition smoothly from book 8 to book 10.
No one's motivations make sense. In the middle of this series I developed a strong distaste for the philosophizing that was overly dramatic and masturbatory to aspire to the title "sophomoric," but this books makes me wish it would come back - then at least I'd have some explanation for why anyone would choose to do the things they do in this book, and, even less explicably, why others follow them. (I'm looking at you, Bonehunters.)
This is not the worst book in the world, but it is the worst book in this series so far, a title I sincerely hope it retains after the release of book 10. This series has overall been interesting and sometimes extraordinary. If you've been a fan before, you should still read this book. Just don't feel the need to take it too seriously or read it all. Skimming will lesson your pain considerably.
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