Forge of the High Mage

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Finally, it is worth noting that there are a couple of big-name cameos in Forge of the High Mage with characters who are not directly involved in the action taking place (yet). Forge of the High Mage is the fourth book in the Path to Ascendency that deals with the formation of the Malazan Empire. 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. But we love this world and the characters so it gets by, even though not that much actually happens. Never the less, it is still a very enjoyable book, and a fun look back at some of the series' best characters.

With true motives hidden and magic, warrens and trickery abound it's been a wild ride a who's who of the Malazan world, with a kind of dog-pile the K'Chain Che'Malle! I didn’t expect this volume to be so Tayschrenn centric, but it does such a fantastic job revealing the underpinnings of this enigmatic man. I also can't help but wonder if he might eventually become someone we already know from the main Book of the Fallen Series?

He'll never reach the heights of Steven Erikson but not all Malazan books have to be 1000-page tomes full of philosophy.

This series is a prequel to the events of Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen and Esslemont's own Novels of the Malazan Empire, with this entry seeing Kellanved (The Emperor), Dancer (Master Assassin), Dassem Ultor (The Sword), Tayschrenn (High Mage) and their armies advancing into Falar. Esslemont continues his early empire Path to Ascendancy sequence impressively with the fourth instalment, Forge of the High Mage. While I love maps and often scoured the map at the beginning as to where PoVs are are are referring to I laughed when I found the much more detailed map at the end of the book. it’s also still just so much fun to see how they interact with each other and that’s actually becoming increasingly more fun which i didn’t think was possible. This book involves the continued conquests of Emperor Kellanved, as he takes over all of Quon Tali and turns his sights onto Falar.Born in Winnipeg in 1962, IAN CAMERON ESSLEMONT has studied and worked as an archaeologist, travelled extensively in South East Asia and lived in Thailand and Japan for several years.

slight spoilers here but i adored how dancer was handled in his reunion to ullara, especially considering the underlying tension with lasseen that makes the ultimate outcome that much more understandable. We span large amounts of time in short summary paragraphs and skip over entire battle or momentous events without really any personal investment.The great thing is we still have two ongoing series from Erikson and at least another 2 books left in this series. Experienced more of the Emperor's shadowy plans, learned the sheer power of coincidence and timing, discovered depths of treachery, and lived much action, from swordplay to spellcasting. ICE, earlier in his Malazan days, suffered the curse of being continually compared to the incomparable, Erikson. kellanved proves time and time again just how morally dubious he is, posing the question of just what sort of person can achieve ascendancy, while still having those moments of humanisation that makes him both very interesting and likeable.