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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...THE KALAM MEKHAR SHOW

The way Erikson cheesed the two protagonist armies back up to fighting strength was obnoxious. Still, as I'm sure he knows from his tabletop origins, sometimes the DM (or whatever the fuck you call it in GURPS) has to help the players out a little. Doesn't keep this book from making me want to pee from excitement.

I forgot what a horrible, boring Debbie Downer Ghost Hands is throughout this entire book. Every time his POV rolls back around I get so bummed.

Can you imagine what it’d be like if Erikson wrote a Malazan All-Stars novel where the cast of characters only consisted of Greyfrog, Iskaral Pust, Kruppe, Telorast & Curdle, Gumble & Ormulogun, Tehol & Bugg, and Harlest Eberict? I’d probably kill myself after like two pages.

The scene where Corabb eats the desert toad and starts tripping balls while he’s in the middle of discussing strategy with Leoman is funny as shit. Love that guy.

Gotta have a chuckle at the cover to this edition...the goofily-crashing Trygalle sled makes it look like some Pratchett-type shit, then you start the book and by the end of the prologue you’re immersed in dread and darkness.

My brain refuses to let me put the book down at this point. Only hard part after this is whether to read Reaper's Gale or Return of the Crimson Guard next. Google doesn't want to give me a straight answer, apparently.

The cosplay bullshit on the cover is embarrassing and completely inappropriate. The other editions aren't much better but this is horrible.

It's nice to know the meaning of the title finally.

"The Bonerhunters?" -My girlfriend, a 26-year-old woman."