This is the first of a projected 10 volumes in a VERY! deep complex, unending epic military fantasy, it this book a mage Anomander Rake and his minions, the Tiste Andii, are wandering the hillside comfronting the very foundations of the Gardens of the Moon beliefs, the empress Lasseen, has her own evil, maleic desires, she will throttle anyone to achieve,and a grunt levels of military engineers, led by Sergent Whiskyjack, and his team the Bridgeburners and a low level mage, Tattershell, all who are more than willing to go home from a war everyone has forgetten what started for.

Swords and spells, and war and love, and hatred, and damnation, and mystery, law, choas, villians, heroes, battles are won, they are lost, tragedy is averted, this is a complex (in every sense of the word) tale, and did I mention ninjas!?

Oh! Where to start, golly this is a love or hate book, not happy middle road, this is great for those who love long term commentiments, it is a epic fantasy, a deep mind boggling story.

Honestly I was on a borderline of dislike.

I can read series, bring them on I say! but this, it is brutal, you will spend more time trying to wonder who is who in the huge list of characters that never die, what God is who, and all the choas of who is at war, who is possesssed, who thinks they are, and who wnat to be, to you wondering what just happened that last 100 pages.

Scream! and hunt my other half down for getting me involves in it, which I will say he loved, hence the love or hate book.

Confused, so much is happening always at the same times, it takes from the book.

Canadain born, Steven Erikson, who nows lives in Australia (I think).

Bad books are out there, and not to say this is bad, but it takes a tough person (like my man) to enjoy this book and it is only the first.

If you like to read a little then stop and go back, don't buy this, you will lose hair I am sure, this is for those who can read with total resolve, and even then you will be going back pages saying "Wha!?"

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