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Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
4.0

Dense and tightly-woven, the second Malazan book follows some new faces and some old favourites from the first, fighting for and railing against manipulations by empires and gods alike.

That a story so epic in scale can feel so compact is a testament to Erikson's writing. I just wish he introduced some time to pause and smell the roses. 960 pages is a long time to be swinging for the fences.