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Set in the awe-inspiring world of the Malazan Empire, three tales of the enigmatic and eccentric necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach collected in a single, readily available volume.
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BLOOD FOLLOWS - In the port city of Lamentable Moll, a diabolical killer stalks the streets and panic grips the citizens like a fever. As Emancipor Reese's legendary ill luck would have it, his previous employer is the unknown killer's latest victim. But two strangers have come to town, and they have posted in Fishmonger's Round a note, reeking of death-warded magic, requesting the services of a manservant.
THE LEES OF LAUGHTER'S END - After their blissful sojourn in Lamentable Moll, the sorcerers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach - along with their manservant, Emancipor Reese - set out on the open seas aboard the sturdy ship Suncurl. Alas, there's more baggage in the hold than meets the beady eyes of the crew, and unseemly terrors awaken. For Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, and Emancipor Reese, it is just one more night on the high seas, on a journey without end.
THE HEALTHY DEAD - The city of Quaint's zeal for goodness can be catastrophic, and no one knows this better than Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, two stalwart champions of all things bad. The homicidal necromancers - and their substance-addled manservant, Emancipor Reese - find themselves ensnared in a scheme to bring goodness into utter ruination. Sometimes you must bring down civilization...in the name of civilization.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you bought this compilation you are probably already familiar with the world of Steven eriksons Malazans, and if you havent read these books, then it might all seem very strange at first glance. The first time we hear of Bauchelain and Broach is in Memories of Ice, the third book in the Malazan books of the fallen, where they appear like bats out of hell, strange, dark and imposing, but also incredibly quirky and larger than life. Literally. The stories in the compilation adress how Emancipoor got to work for the necromancers, and why he after 3 years is still working for them, reduced to a neurotic mess that he is. The characters of Bauchelain and Broach are given more depth, and gives you a much better understanding of their workings in Memories of Ice, something I thoroughly appreciated on my second read through of the book. These strange men, who like so many other of Eriksons character more or less wills into being the reality around them, are often times completely out of their depths, but somehow come through relatively unscathed, although to the reader their ego's seem bruised, they never seem to linger on the setbacks long, before messing with things way beyond their means again and again. Incredibly well written, funny with great dialogue, both inner and outer, I heartily recommend the book. You get the first 3 of the stories in this volume.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This was a very tough review for me to write as Steven erikson is and will remain one of my favourite current writers. I stress that this is a review of a book which is quite old compared to all his current malazan novels.
The book consists of 3 stories originally published seperately and collected here. The stories follow the adventures of the 2 titular characters - both unsavory necromancers as they travel the world fleeing the consequences of their own actions. The characters are mentioned in but do not participate directly in the Tales of the Malazan. The setting is the world of the Malazan Empire from his later books. The storyline is not connected in any way to the Malazan stories.
Many of the elements of his other books are mentioned - warrens, forkrul assail, jahgut, Hood etc but most are undeveloped name dropping. In some places the names of races from the main books are used but spelled differently. This appeared confusing to me as did the differences in style. The writing is that of an early Erikson still developing his halmark phraseology. Its occasionaly disjointed, somewhat rambling, with moments of genius. There are entire paragraphs without sentences - particularly in the first part of the book, where this may be charming in his later works , here it is not.
This is a reprint and reissue of an out of print book to push sales. Its really not up to scratch and of much lower quality than Eriksons later works. Its bad for the reader and its bad for the writer as this is not representative of his current work. I was quite shocked when reading this. I didnt much enjoy this. It pains me to give one of my favourite authors such a bad score but it is what it is.
I would not suggest buying this as an introduction to Erikson. Its not representative of Eriksons current work. I would only advise buying this if you are a collector who absolutely has to have all of an authors works.
The book consists of 3 stories originally published seperately and collected here. The stories follow the adventures of the 2 titular characters - both unsavory necromancers as they travel the world fleeing the consequences of their own actions. The characters are mentioned in but do not participate directly in the Tales of the Malazan. The setting is the world of the Malazan Empire from his later books. The storyline is not connected in any way to the Malazan stories.
Many of the elements of his other books are mentioned - warrens, forkrul assail, jahgut, Hood etc but most are undeveloped name dropping. In some places the names of races from the main books are used but spelled differently. This appeared confusing to me as did the differences in style. The writing is that of an early Erikson still developing his halmark phraseology. Its occasionaly disjointed, somewhat rambling, with moments of genius. There are entire paragraphs without sentences - particularly in the first part of the book, where this may be charming in his later works , here it is not.
This is a reprint and reissue of an out of print book to push sales. Its really not up to scratch and of much lower quality than Eriksons later works. Its bad for the reader and its bad for the writer as this is not representative of his current work. I was quite shocked when reading this. I didnt much enjoy this. It pains me to give one of my favourite authors such a bad score but it is what it is.
I would not suggest buying this as an introduction to Erikson. Its not representative of Eriksons current work. I would only advise buying this if you are a collector who absolutely has to have all of an authors works.
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed these tales and found them to be typical Steven Erikson.
However I was most disapointed that the chapters were generally only 4 or 5 pages long and in some instance's a page or less. This combined with the 3 appendix by other authors at the back of the book creates a book with 400 pages that could probably have been less than 300 pages.
However I was most disapointed that the chapters were generally only 4 or 5 pages long and in some instance's a page or less. This combined with the 3 appendix by other authors at the back of the book creates a book with 400 pages that could probably have been less than 300 pages.
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