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    Audiobook22 hours

    Assail

    Written by Ian C. Esslemont

    Narrated by John Banks

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    About this audiobook

    This follow-up to Ian C. Esslemont's Blood and Bone is sure to delight Malazan fans.

    Tens of thousands of years of ice is melting, and the land of Assail, long a byword for menace and inaccessibility, is at last yielding its secrets. Tales of gold discovered in the region's north circulate in every waterfront dive and sailor's tavern and now countless adventurers and fortune-seekers have set sail in search of riches. All these adventures have to guide them are legends and garbled tales of the dangers that lie in wait-hostile coasts, fields of ice, impassable barriers and strange, terrifying creatures. But all accounts concur that the people of the north meet all trespassers with the sword. And beyond are rumored to lurk Elder monsters out of history's very beginnings.

    Into this turmoil ventures the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. Not drawn by contract, but by the promise of answers: answers to mysteries that Shimmer, second in command, wonders should even be sought. Arriving also, part of an uneasy alliance of Malazan fortune-hunters and Letherii soldiery, comes the bard Fisher kel Tath. And with him is a Tiste Andii who was found washed ashore and who cannot remember his past life, yet who commands far more power than he really should. Also venturing north is said to be a mighty champion, a man who once fought for the Malazans, the bearer of a sword that slays gods: Whiteblade.

    And lastly, far to the south, a woman guards the shore awaiting both her allies and her enemies. Silverfox, newly incarnated Summoner of the undying army of the T'lan Imass, will do anything to stop the renewal of an ages-old crusade that could lay waste to the entire continent and beyond.

    Casting light on mysteries spanning the Malazan Empire, and offering a glimpse of the storied and epic history that shaped it, "Assail" is the final chapter in the epic story of the Empire of Malaz.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 21, 2017
    ISBN9781511377041
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    Assail
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    Ian C. Esslemont

    IAN C. ESSLEMONT grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has studied archaeology and creative writing, has traveled extensively in Southeast Asia, and lived in Thailand and Japan for several years. He lives in Alaska with his wife and children and writes novels set in the world of Malaz, a world he co-created with Steven Erikson.

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    • 3/5
      A decent finish to this sub series. Score is boosted by the big picture reveals. But the climax itself was a bit rushed, somewhat forced, and a little anti-climactic in several ways though, no more details to avoid spoilers.
      There are several basically irrelevant characters and side plots that felt forced in, and that shows in the quality of the writing around them. One character in particular seems to be JUST there as a viewpoint, and the work done to flesh him out has little payoff. And some gratuitous titillation thrown in that doesn't add anything to the story.
      I enjoyed the continuation of the ongoing sagas of many familiar characters converging, that was the best part. Maybe a new character or two will pay off the same way in a future story.