House of Chains

Malazan Book of the Fallen #4

by Steven Erikson

An alternate cover edition can be found here.

In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove to be an extraordinary destiny.
Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Tavore, the Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of Seven Cities. New to command, she must hone twelve thousand soldiers, mostly raw recruits but for a handful of veterans of Coltaine's legendary march, into a force capable of challenging the massed hordes of Sha'ik's Whirlwind who lie in wait in the heart of the Holy Desert.
But waiting is never easy. The seer's warlords are locked into a power struggle that threatens the very soul of the rebellion, while Sha'ik herself suffers, haunted by the knowledge of her nemesis: her own sister, Tavore.
And so begins this awesome new chapter in Steven Erikson's acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic, Dark Fantasy, Audiobook

1015 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 2, 2002

About the author

Steven Erikson is the pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin, a Canadian novelist, who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist. His best-known work is the series, the Malazan Book of the Fallen.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/steven...

Reviews

[Jovan Abramovic]

Neverovatna knjiga. Ovde sam se upoznao sa novim omiljenim likom u serijalu i vrlo verovatno omiljenim likom o kojem sam citao. Karsa Orlong of the Uryud. Karsa je definicija chad-a, kada u knjizi kaze "Witness" iskreno se najezim. Ovde vidimo reakciju Bridgeburnersa koji su u 7cities na smrt njihovih saboraca na Genebackisu. Fidler sa novim imenom Strings je bio prijatno iznenadjenje u smislu da u novoj malazanskoj armiji imam lika kojeg gotivim iz prethodnih knjiga. Scene sa Iskaral Pustom su me nasmejale skoro svaki put, definitivno jedan od najdrazih likova. Kalamova prica kroz pustinju je bila zapravo intrigantna i on se pokazao kao ced, klasika. Nisam bio fan delova sa malaz armijom ali nisu bili nesto previse dosadni. Scena gde Gamet ide u boj protiv dogslayera sa palim Wickanima iz razlicitih klanova je mozda momenat knjige ako ne racunamo scene sa Karsom. Svidja mi se sto je prica pocela da se naginje ka smeru gde je warren of shadow bitan, cime dobijamo vise scena sa cotillionom i amanmasom. Scena gde je Karsa ubio 2 hounda of darkness je pokazala koliko je lik zapravo op. Sto se tice Onracka i Trulla mogu reci da su njihove scene filozofski interesantne, iako mi jos nisu medju omiljenim likovima, mogu da vidim potencijal. Zvanicno, my boy Baudin je postao Hoodov knight, jedva cekam scene sa njim. Sto se tice felisin hebroika apsalar i crokusa, boli me tuki iskreno.
Nastavljam dalje sa serijalom, da se ne zaborave napisacu ovde imena dva saborca koja su napustila toblakai zemlju sa Karsom.
"Bairoth Gild and Delumn Thord, witness my friends!".
Pored muke da zavrsim knjigu iz razloga loseg kvaliteta mmpb, kindle mi je omogucio da zadnjih 200+ strana zavrsim za manje od nedelju dana.
Konacna ocena za knjigu 10/10