Forge of the High Mage

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I also can't help but wonder if he might eventually become someone we already know from the main Book of the Fallen Series? Our main character, who takes centre stage in this Malazan tale, is a young High Mage Tayschrenn, leads the Malazan infantry alongside High Fist Dujek to reach Falar, he is untested and doesn't realise how powerful a mage he is until he comes up against very powerful elder magics. loaded with set pieces, contains wonderful dialogue, witty exchanges, explosive showdowns, unlikely alliances, and features some of the finest character creations that the genre has to offer. ICE has written a couple book's that were serious misses for me, but I've been enjoying the Path to Ascendancy Series for the most part.

Forge of the High Mage takes place a few decades after the end of book 3 where the Malazan Imperials took Li Heng, they have mostly pacified the Continent of Quon Tali and are looking to expand into Falar where a particularly fat frog with green teeth is residing.Kellanved is so fun to follow around with how you absolutely have no idea what he's going to do next. The one good thing I can say about the book is that it reads well and is almost a page-turner so despite some misgivings, it didn't turn into a slog at all and is relatively short for a Malazan novel. Die meisten Charaktere sind dem Leser schon bekannt und der Leser des Book of the Fallen weiß natürlich wo die Geschichte hinführt, aber einige Lücken werden zufriedenstellend gefüllt und auch die ein oder andere Unklarheit im Gesamtbild wird beseitigt. A somewhat rag-tag army, joined by a similarly motley fleet under the command of the Emperor himself. There are some absolutely great moments with characters that I've grown to love in the original series, and it's always a pleasure to have their back stories fleshed out a little more.

However, there was a considerable time jump from the previous book which means a lot of the Malazan expansion happened off page which was very disappointing. And then the theocracy of Falar is itself far from defenceless - its priests are in possession of a weapon so terrifying it has not been unleashed for centuries.Malazan, Theloman, Tiste Andii, Crimson Guard and let's not forget the spider at the center of the web, a certain Dal Hon mage and his companion. It shows him coming into his power as he pushes himself beyond what he thought was his limits, only to discover an almost limitless supply of power on the other side of his mental barricades. This book involves the continued conquests of Emperor Kellanved, as he takes over all of Quon Tali and turns his sights onto Falar. Into this foray with the Malazan military and navy, Emperor Kellanved has his sights set on the islands of Falar to expand the Malazan Empire.