Why Malazan is SO HARD to Recommend
Christopher Keene
Disclaimer: This is an opinion piece based on my personal experience with the Malazan series. I’m entirely expecting people to disagree with these opinions, and that’s okay. I love Malazan……
Steven Erikson
Tough Travels: Strongholds
Laura M. Hughes
At the start of every month, Fantasy-Faction will lead you (yes, YOU!) on a tour of the fantasy genre. From high to low, from classics to new releases, from epic…
Tough Travels: Assassins
Back in 2014, Nathan Barnhart created a weekly feature called ‘Tough Travels’, which he hosted over on Fantasy Review Barn. Inspired by The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne…
Superfan Interview: Malazan Book of the Fallen
Overlord
Welcome to the first edition of Fantasy-Faction’s Superfan Interviews feature. The concept of this brand new feature is simple: go out, find some Superfans and interview them about why they…
Malazan Book of the Fallen – Redux
Karl Wolfenden
So, over a period of close to a year, I’ve waxed lyrical about Erikson’s epic series Malazan Book of the Fallen but, with today’s demands on our time, the question…
The Crippled God by Steven Erikson
The carriages have chugged up to the top of the roller coaster, and the anticipation has built for that first downward plunge into g-force turns, and yet, because you’ve been…
Dust of Dreams by Steven Erikson
Dust of Dreams, book nine of Steven Erikson’s grand work of epic fantasy, the Malazan Book of the Fallen, is really a torturer’s handbook in disguise. This is true for…
Toll the Hounds by Steven Erikson
A ticket to ascendant adventure costs no more than the Toll of the Hounds, but do you have the courage to pay it? Toll the Hounds, book eight of the…
Reaper’s Gale by Steven Erikson
You’ve heard of the super cell? That thankfully rare occasion where a number of storms, each one a threat to life and limb and capable of doing some serious property…
The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson
The Bonehunters, book six of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, reunites us with the 14th Army which, under the “trust me, it will all work out” leadership of Tavore…
Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson
This review contains some spoilers. Read with caution if you have yet to finish the book. Midnight Tides, book five of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, provides robust proof…
House of Chains by Steven Erikson
Into any great company a little division must fall, for what better moment than when the rift is healed, the prodigal returns and the collective is fused anew, stronger than…