PRAISE FOR
MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN SERIES

"Battle dominates the gripping third installment of Canadian Erikson's projected 10-volume series...for a giant fantasy series, this is tightly written, with no repetitious dialogue or exposition.  Erikson ranks near the top of the
epic fantasy pantheon."
—Publishers Weekly *starred review* on Memories of Ice

"The author's vibrant world of soldiers and warlocks, noble families and assassin clans comes to life in this exceptionally well-told tale of grand schemes
and small lives."
—Library Journal on Deadhouse Gates

"Overdosed on Harry? Had it with hobbits? Steven Erikson's sweeping 10-volume series, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, might be just the fantasy epic that adult readers have been longing for . . . Erikson is a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics on a scale that would approach absurdity if it wasn't so much fun."
— Salon.com

"I stand slack-jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. This masterwork of imagination may be the high water mark of epic fantasy—accomplished with none of the customary rifs on Tolkien. This marathon of ambition has a depth and breadth and sense of vast reaches of inimical time unlike anything else available today. The Black Company, Zelazny's Amber, Vance's Dying Earth, and other mighty drumbeats are but foreshadowings of this dark dragon's hoard."
— Glen Cook

"One of the best fantasy novels of the year."
—SF Site on Gardens of the Moon

"Rare is the writer who so fluidly combines a sense of mythic power and depth of world, with fully realized characters and thrilling action, but Steven Erikson manages it spectacularly. The books are reminiscent of Tolkien's scope, Zelazny's cleverness and wit, and Donaldson's brooding atmospherics; yet all combined with dazzling talent into a narrative flow that keeps the reader turning pages. Some writers open windows on worlds, Erikson opens worlds and makes them so real, so magical, you're not sure if you
can escape—and I don't want to."
—Michael A. Stackpole

"Such is the impact of the first book in Erikson's monumental Malazan saga, Gardens of the Moon, that the achievement of this sequel is doubly surprising. Not only is the vigour and sweep of the earlier book effortlessly captured, the complex plot is simultaneously deepened and accelerated, with a grasp of tempo that has the reader inexorably gripped . . . Roll on, book three!"
—The Good Book Guide

"Gripping, fast-moving, delightfully dark, with a masterful and unapologetic brutality reminiscent of George R. R. Martin. Steven Erikson brings a punchy, mesmerizing writing style into the genre of epic fantasy, making an indelible impression. Utterly engrossing."
—Elizabeth Haydon on Gardens of the Moon

"Enter Malazan and find a fully realized universe complete with history, mythology, sociology and thaumatology…intriguing, complex, thought-provoking and, for the intelligent reader, satisfying."
— Cinefantastique on Gardens of the Moon

"[A] gritty, realistic fantasy in the manner of Glen Cook's Dark Company series."
— Booklist on Gardens of the Moon

"Steven Erikson is an extraordinary writer. I read Gardens of the Moon with great pleasure. And now that I have read it, I would be hard pressed to decide what I enjoyed more: the richly and ominously magical world of Malaz and Genabackis; the large cast of sympathetically-rendered characters; or the way the story accumulates to a climax that hits like machinegun fire. My advice to anyone who might listen to me is, Treat yourself to Gardens of the Moon. And my entirely selfish advice to Steven Erikson is, write faster."
— Stephen R. Donaldson on Gardens of the Moon

"Complex, challenging…Erikson's strengths are his grown-up characters and his ability to create a world every bit as intricate and messy as our own."
— J. V. Jones on Gardens of the Moon

"An astounding debut . . . has the potential to become known as a
defining work in Fantasy."
— SF Site on Gardens of the Moon

"A brilliant book! Exciting, inventive, intelligent - frequently funny. A wonderful book to read and to recommend to others."
— David Drake on Gardens of the Moon

"The experience of reading Gardens of the Moon is akin to being plunged into a full-immersion course in a heretofore undiscovered realm. Erikson's world is richly envisioned, dense and gritty, rife with magic and filled with complex political and military intrigue."
— Jacqueline Carey