Assail: A Novel of the Malazan Empire Ian C. Esslemont
Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC

If A could beat up B and B could beat up C how come C just kicked A's ass? And the third from Ser Jaime Lannister's sixth chapter in the book, then. To say Forkrul Assail will play a major role by the end of the series is a bit of an understatement. Although Esslemont's books are published under a different series title - Novels of the Malazan Empire - Esslemont and Erikson collaborated on the storyline for the entire fifteen-book project and Esslemont's novels are considered as canonical and integral to the series as Erikson's own. Feb 17, 2012 - A fair warning before we get started: We'll be discussing both novel and whole-series themes, narrative arcs that run across the entire series, and foreshadowing. Esslemont's Assail, last of his Malazan Empire series, and Steven Erikson's Fall of Light, second in his Kharkanas-trilogy. Oh, and the two that remain are a novel set in Jackaru and that enigmatic Assail novel. Jul 14, 2010 - I admit to lapping this one up, but as I moved through the book/series I found the sense of scale a bit bewildering at times in terms of power levels. In the same world, beginning with Night of Knives. Jul 29, 2011 - A fair warning before we get started: We'll be discussing both novel and whole-series themes, narrative arcs that run across the entire series, and foreshadowing. Note: The summary of events will be free The stranger tells him the Malazans control Otataral production very tightly and believe it to only be found on Otataral island and warns Karsa to not let it slip there is another source or the Empire will try to crush his people. Feb 24, 2011 - The Malazan reread by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere covers Chapters 20 and 21 of Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson. A fair warning before we get started: We'll be discussing both novel and whole-series themes, narrative arcs that run across the entire series, and foreshadowing, so while the summary of events may be free of spoilers, the commentary and .. I, too, am reading Stonewielder Big Grin .