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Stonewielder
- Novels of the Malazan Empire, Book 3
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 26 hrs and 43 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. With his school for swordsmanship in Falar, he was looking forward to a quiet life, although his colleague Kyle wasn't as enamored with life outside the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. However, it seems it is not so easy for an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire to disappear, especially one under sentence of death from that same Empire.
For there is a new Emperor on the throne of Malaz, and he is dwelling on the ignominy that is the Empire's failed invasion of the Korel subcontinent. In the vaults beneath Unta, the Imperial capital, lie the answers to that disaster. And out of this buried history surfaces the name Stonewielder.
In Korel, Lord Protector Hiam, commander of the Stormguard, faces the potential annihilation of all that he holds dear. With few remaining men and a crumbling stone wall that has seen better days, he confronts an ancient enemy: the sea-borne Stormriders have returned.
Religious war also threatens these lands. The cult of the Blessed Lady, which had stood firm against the Riders for millennia, now seeks to eradicate its rivals. And as chaos looms, a local magistrate investigating a series of murders suddenly finds himself at the heart of a far more ancient and terrifying crime - one that has tainted an entire land....
Stonewielder is an enthralling new chapter in the epic story of a thrillingly imagined world that takes place in the timeline right after the New York Times bestseller Dust of Dreams left off.
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- Jay
- 2018-01-29
A must read for fantasy fans! Great story but one if the saddest in my opinion
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- Langer MD
- 2019-03-26
Esselmont's Best?
This story of the Malazan empire is great. Esselmont likes to write several stories at once and weave them together. He is sometimes guilty of writing too much. This story is more streamlined and the story threads make a lot of sense. Excellent. 9/10 stars.
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- Norman
- 2023-04-06
War and Seas
The great thing about the Malazan stories, both those written by Ian Esslemont and those by Steven Erikson, is how even-handed they are.
There are viewpoint characters from all sides of the tale, and even halfway through, I cannot tell who the "good guys" are.
That's the other thing. In the big picture, there are no good guys or bad guys, though there are certainly individual heroes and villains.
Because the Novels of the Malazan Empire are concurrent with the Tales from the Malazan Book of the Fallen, the stories, including this one, frequently occur before books I have already read from the other series. Surprisingly, very few spoilers occur.
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- CJ Doc
- 2021-12-26
Third best
The prior two books were more enjoyable. I couldn't get into the characters. The performance was great, however.
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