Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen #2) by Steven Erikson: Book Review

In the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Shaik and her followers prepare for the long-prophesied uprising named the Whirlwind. Enslaved in the Otataral mines, Felisin, youngest scion of the disgraced House of Paran, dreams of freedom and vows revenge, while the outlawed Brigdeburners Fiddler and Kalam conspire to rid the world of Empress Laseen (although it seems the gods would, as always, have it otherwise). And as two ancient warriors bearers of a devastating secret enter this blighted land,...