

The buildup and the execution towards the reading on the Deck of Dragons scene were exhilarating and brilliant. If it weren’t due to the fact that this marks the ninth and penultimate installment of the series, I would’ve DNFed the book/series it was that painful and boring to read.ĭust of Dreams started really strong. However, I’m going to say this, Dust of Dreams to me is easily the weakest book within the entire series, even weaker than House of Chains. I haven’t read The Crippled God yet and because of that, I simply have no idea how all the plotlines will converge and concludes in the last entry of the series. In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the final chapter of 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' has begun…ĭust of Dreams lived up to its name, the book sent me to dreamland almost every chapter.Įrikson mentioned at the beginning of the novel that his idea of a finale was so huge that the story had to be done in two books: Dust of Dreams for the first half and The Crippled God for the second half of the story. For the Deck of Dragons has been read, unleashing a dread power that none can comprehend… But can deeds be heroic when there is no one to witness them? And can that which is not witnessed forever change the world? Destines are rarely simple, truths never clear but one certainty is that time is on no one's side. So this last great army of the Malazan Empire is resolved to make one final defiant, heroic stand in the name of redemption. And ancient enclaves of an Elder Race are in search of salvation-not among their own kind, but among humans-as an old enemy draws ever closer to the last surviving bastion of the K'Chain Che'Malle. Their intention is to rendezvous with the Bonehunters but their vow of allegiance to the Malazans will be sorely tested. To the south, the Perish Grey Helms parlay passage through the treacherous kingdom of Bolkando. The warlike Barghast, thwarted in their vengeance against the Tiste Edur, seek new enemies beyond the border and Onos Toolan, once immortal T'lan Imass now mortal commander of the White Face clan, faces insurrection. In Letherii, the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen.Īnd in these same Wastelands, others gather to confront their destinies. This brutal truth can be seen in the eyes of every soldier in every world…
