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    <![CDATA[Gardens of the Moon (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #1)]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins.<br/><br/>For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze.<br/><br/>However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand . . . <br/><br/>Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice.<br/>]]>
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  <body>Still fighting my way through the book. I am assured it is worth the effort, but I just about threw the book against the wall at page 159.</body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As many others who reviewed this book, I fought my way through the first 200 or so pages. And then I fought my way through the remainder. It is exceedingly rare for me to take more than a month to read a book, especially a fantasy novel, but this one was just so dense, with so few explanations about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64987689">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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