Path to Ascendancy: Dancer's Lament : Path to Ascendancy Book 1 (A Novel of the Malazan Empire) (Series #1) (Paperback)

from saltmanz

Easily ICE's best book yet. Sharper focus, with fewer POVs and no obfuscation. I didn't find myself particularly invested in the city of Li Heng, but the book was well-paced enough (and short enough) that I was never bored. Fun to see some familiar faces, and a lot of interesting ties to previous...

from jsburbidge

A pleasant enough read: for readers of The Malazan Book of the Fallen it's interesting to see an environment where most of the figures are relatively low-power and/or low knowledge and where the figures who do know aren't saying very much. And, of course, to get an idea of what Kellanved and Danc...

from jercox

One of the best Malazan books so far, in my opinion. Pulls back the curtain on many things, without leaving them lacking in mystery. And sets the stage for the series. In all the other books I have read, the Malazan Empire is just a reality - here it is more of a possibility that is barely showin...

from jercox

One of the best Malazan books so far, in my opinion. Pulls back the curtain on many things, without leaving them lacking in mystery. And sets the stage for the series. In all the other books I have read, the Malazan Empire is just a reality - here it is more of a possibility that is barely showin...