marktimmony 's review for:

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

4.0

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I can never get enough of Erikson’s Malazan series. Witty, complex, original, sophisticated and intelligent are all words that come to mind. Erikson’s vision is so large that, even two books into the series, you only have a vague inkling of where the plot might be heading. Brilliant characterisation compels you to keep turning the pages, as the tale is picked up on the continent of the seven cities. Faced with a local rebellion, it’s all the soldiers of the Malazan armies can do to stay alive, as gods, prophecies and a corrupt empire all conspire against them.