The novels develop a fully realized world, filled with epic struggles on big and small scale, and events capable of changing the fate of the nations, races and worlds, all culminating in a breath-taking climax. Secondly, the scope of the Malazan Book of the Fallen is enormous. Steven Erikson, or Steve Rune Lundin (that’s his real name), is an anthropologist and archaeologist – and, as adepts of the queen of all social sciences, we can readily claim him as our own 😉 And his scientific background proudly shows up in his novels.
Because nothing in Erikson’s world is simply black or white. Once you’ve succeeded, you will have to take sides, as some of the characters will do their best to steal your heart and mind. You will have to piece together the events, its causes and results on your own, without any help, and it’s going to be difficult. The series starts with Gardens of the Moon, but beware – as a reader you will be thrown into the thick of it, without a word of explanation. Martin!), and populated with an enormous cast of characters, many returning, some showing only once, but all of them unique and multi-dimensional.
First, it is lengthy: ten big books, together some 3.3 million words (suck it up, George R.R. The Malazan Book of the Fallen, one of the milestones of contemporary military fantasy, and fantasy in general, is great – in many aspects of this word.
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