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Extremely mild winter this year isn't it. From what I have seen, even Minnesota is having a very mild winter this year. Our's has been almost non-existent here in West Virginia.

I should have just waited until I read the final 100 pages of the book! LOL I think the answer was in the Epilogue...Kyle pulled out a "frayed leather strap and a small amber stone that he rubbed between thumb and forefinger. The words of that last Fistian priest returned to him: Who protects you? It is of the earth!" "Could it be true? Another old fallen friend still with him? The amber stone had come from Ereko...he'd claimed the very earth as his mother. Perhaps he was with him in more than memory..." Based on that, perhaps it is more likely that the "amber eyes" was significant of Ereko's presence? Sorry that I jumped the gun on that question. It was just really bugging me that I didn't know the answer to it and I was too impatient to wait until I finished the book! LOL That will teach me! (Or not, as old dogs have a hard time learnign new tricks!)

Thanks for your help! It was bugging me because I knew that I should have known the significance. You are the BEST!

I just didn't recall Osserc's eyes ever being referred to as "amber" but I have been reading a lot of books lately, both new reads and re-reads. Sometimes I get into these reading frenzies where I devour a 700-800 page book every 3-4 days. I've been in a reading frenzy for the past few months. (Another reason why I haven't been posting much on the Malazan site, I'm sure.) I know I will begin posting more frequently again once we begin HoC. MOI is perhaps my least favorite book in the series.

Oh, THANKS! Do you think Devalath would have known that, or was she just surpised by the "amber" without knowing the significance?

Thanks! When Kyle takes Suth and a few others and follows the retreat of the Black Moranth, Kyle ends up in a confrontation with the rabid dogs and then "The Lady" following which he is unconscious and carried back. When Devaleth examines his unconscious body, she lifts his eyelid to examine his eye and she is startled or shocked (I forget the exact terms used) to see that his eye is "amber"? What is the significance of the "amber eyes"? Is it a reference to something in RotCG that I should remember? (I read RotCG but that was probably at least 20+ books ago so I cannot remember). I am sure the reference to "amber" is significant, I just cannot place it!

Are you willing to help me with a "Stoneweilder" question? I assume you have read it already, since I am really late reading it. Lol

is it in tCG or did I miss a reference in my rush to devour the earlier books?

Steven, I finished The Crippled God a few days ago and I just have to share my initial thought with someone. You happen to be the lucky (or unlucky) one that I chose. LOL My immediate thought upon completion of the book was WOW! Personally, I absolutely loved it. I must add that Erikson impressed me yet again (and I didn’t think that was possible) but it was obvious to me that he “wrote” that story clear through the final sentence. I find that I am frequently disappointed by endings. For example, Grisham’s first novel , A Time To Kill…I loved the book was really into the story (part of the conflict in the story centers around the KKK) and at the end of the book the main character is found innocent and the Klan basically just says “oh, he’s innocent? My bad” and that’s it, they just pack up and go home. Personally, I thought it was a horrible ending, although it was his first novel and he got better with his later books. Another example was Terry Goodkind. Although it seems unpopular to admit it, I am a huge fan of the first 6 or so books of his Sword of Truth series. It is positively because of those first 6 books that I now read modern fantasy, so I will always be grateful to him for that. Even though I thought books 7-11 were not up to par, I was still excited for book 12. It was the first book that I ever pre-ordered, I was so excited when it came out. It took me forever to read because I couldn’t even get into it and when I finally got to the end I was so disappointed. It felt like he had a pre-set page count and realized one day that he only had a few pages to go so he simply ended it, with what felt like no thought process at all. I guess I was hoping that the person who wrote the first 6 books would be the same person who wrote the 12th one, but unfortunately it wasn’t. I must admit, I had a tiny fear that Erikson would let me down with the The Crippled God. I am ecstatic to say that was in no way, at no moment, the case! He continued to write his story throughout every sentence of the book, with the same care and thought that he had written every other line in every other book. I am very impressed and very grateful that he didn’t half-ass the ending like so many writers seem to do. So, I continue to say, WOW!!!!