Praise for Steven Erikson’s
Malazan Book of the Fallen series

“I stand slack-jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. This masterwork of the imagination may be the high-water mark of epic fantasy—accomplished with none of the customary riffs on Tolkein. This marathon of ambition has a depth and breadth and sense of vast reaches of inimical time unlike anything else available today.”

—Glen Cook

“Steven Erikson is an extraordinary writer…. My advice to anyone who might listen to me: Treat yourself.”

—Stephen R. Donaldson

“[Erikson’s] knack for drawing well-drawn exotic characters, no matter how fleeting, and mastery of world-building cannot be denied.”

—Booklist

“Gripping, fast-moving, delightfully dark, with a masterful and unapologetic brutality reminiscent of George R. R. Martin.”

—Elizabeth Haydon

“Erikson’s world is richly envisioned, dense and gritty, rife with magic, and filled with complex political and military intrigue.”

—Jacqueline Carey

“A multilayered tale of magic and war, loyalty and betrayal. Complexly drawn characters occupy a richly detailed world in this panoramic saga.”

—Library Journal