De Malazaanse Boeken van de Vallen Reeks

De Malazaanse Boeken van de Vallen is een epische fantasyserie van Steven Erikson die de complexe lotsbestemmingen van verschillende personages volgt in een uitgestrekte en gedetailleerde wereld. Het verhaal draait om conflicten tussen krachtige goden, soldaten en magische wezens, waarbij verschillende tijdlijnen en perspectieven met elkaar verweven zijn. De serie staat bekend om zijn diepgang, filosofische thema's en onconventionele vertelstijl. Lezers kunnen onverwachte wendingen en een rijke mythologie verwachten.

Aanbevolen leesvolgorde

De Poorten van het Dodenhuis
Steven Erikson
704bladzijden
25 uur lezen
De zware nederlaag voor de muren van Darujhistan heeft het Malazijnse keizerrijk ernstig verzwakt - het rijk balanceert op de rand van de ondergang. Intussen is in het uitgestrekte gebied van de Zeven Steden de Zieneres Sha'ik in de heilige woestijn Raraku bezig een geweldig leger op te bouwen. Zo bereidt zij zich voor op de Apocalyps, de alomvattende opstand die in millennia oude legendes wordt voorspeld en die het hele continent in een ongekend bloedige en barbaarse oorlog zal storten. En hoe is het met de Bruggenbranders? Na het fiasco in Darujhistan is het regiment nu vogelvrij verklaard. Zowel Hoge Vuist 'Eenarm' Dujek als kapitein Paran en sergeant Whiskyjack zijn van plan zich aan te sluiten bij de tegenstanders van het keizerrijk. Fiddler en Kalam besluiten echter hun eed gestand te doen en keizerin Laseen te laten boeten voor haar misdaden - zij gaan op weg naar Unta, de hoofdstad van het rijk. Zodra ze het gebied van de Zeven Steden bereiken worden ze evenwel meegesleept in een reeks gebeurtenissen die hen onafwendbaar naar Raraku drijft, waar oude en nieuwe magie inmiddels strijden om het bezit van de Poorten van het Dodenhuis.
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Deadhouse Gates
Steven Erikson
864bladzijden
31 uur lezen
In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha'ik and her followers prepare for the long-prophesied uprising known as the Whirlwind. Unprecedented in size and savagery, this maelstrom of fanaticism and bloodlust will embroil the Malazan Empire in one of the bloodiest conflicts it has ever known, shaping destinies and giving birth to legends . . . Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, this thrilling novel of war, intrigue and betrayal confirms Steven Erikson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination and originality--the author who has written the first great fantasy epic of the new millennium.
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Memories of Ice
Steven Erikson
The ravaged continent of Genabackis has given birth to a terrifying new empire: the Pannion Domin. Like a tide of corrupted blood, it seethes across the land, devouring all who fail to heed the word of its prophet, the Pannion Seer. In its path stands an uneasy alliance: Dujek Onearm's Host and Whiskeyjack's veteran Bridgeburners alongside their enemies of old - the forces of Warlord Caladan Brood, Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, and the Rhivi people of the Plains. Outnumbered and mistrustful, they must get word to potential allies, including the mercenary brotherhood, the Grey Swords, whose orders are to hold the besieged city of Capustan at all costs. But more ancient clans too are gathering. As if in answer to some primal summons, the T'lan Imass have risen. For it would seem something altogether darker and more malign threatens this world. The Warrens are poisoned and rumours abound that the Crippled God is now unchained and intent on a terrible revenge... Marking the return of many characters from Gardens of the Moon and introducing a host of remarkable new players, Memories of Ice is both a momentous new chapter in Steven Erikson's magnificent epic fantasy and a triumph of storytelling.
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House of Chains
Steven Erikson
1040bladzijden
37 uur lezen
In Northern Genabackis, savage tribal warriors descend from the mountains into the southern flat lands. Their intention is to wreak havoc among the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove an extraordinary destiny.
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Midnight Tides
Steven Erikson
960bladzijden
34 uur lezen
The five tribes of the Tiste Edur have finally been united under the implacable rule of the Warlock King of Hiroth, but their peace has made at the cost of a pact made with a hidden power, and ancient forces are awakening that may destroy them all.
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The Bonehunters
Steven Erikson
709bladzijden
25 uur lezen
The Crippled God has been granted a place in the pantheon, a schism threatens, sides must be chosen but whatever each god decides, the rules have changed - and the first blood spilled will be in the mortal world: a world in which a host of characters, familiar and new, search for a fate that they might fashion by their own will.
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Reaper's Gale
Steven Erikson
1280bladzijden
45 uur lezen
All is not well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and a Machiavellian chancellor. The Letherii secret police instigate terror against their own people, while the once-farsighted Errant is now blind to the future. Conspiracies fester within the palace as the empire, driven by corruption, edges closer to war with neighboring kingdoms. The great Edur fleet, with warriors chosen from many, approaches, including Karsa Orlong and Icarium Lifestealer, both destined to confront the emperor. Bloodshed is inevitable. Amidst this turmoil, a group of fugitives seeks escape from the empire. One of them, Fear Sengar, aims to find the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye, hoping it will help stop the Tiste Edur and save his brother. However, they are accompanied by Silchas Ruin, Scabandari's ancient foe, whose motives are shrouded in uncertainty, as he bears fresh wounds from their past encounters. A reckoning looms, for such bloodshed cannot go unanswered, promising an unimaginable confrontation. This brutal, harrowing tale weaves together war, intrigue, and dark magic, representing epic fantasy at its most imaginative and thrilling.
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Toll the Hounds
Steven Erikson
In Darujhistan, the saying goes that Love and Death shall arrive together, dancing... It is summer and the heat is oppressive, yet the discomfiture of the small rotund man in the faded red waistcoat is not entirely due to the sun. Dire portents plague his nights and haunt the city
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Dust of Dreams
Steven Erikson
890bladzijden
32 uur lezen
The penultimate book in one of the most original, exciting and acclaimed fantasy series of the new century. The Tales of the Malazan are drawing to a close in a distant place, beneath indifferent skies, as the last great army of Malazan Empire seeks a final battle in the name of redemption.
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The Crippled God
Steven Erikson
The Bonehunters are marching to Kolanse, and to an unknown fate. Tormented and exhausted, they are an army on the brink of mutiny.But Adjunct Tavore will not relent.If she can hold her forces together, if the fragile alliances she has forged can survive and if it is within her power, one final act remains. For Tavore Paran means to challenge the gods. Ranged against Tavore and her allies are formidable foes. The Fokrul Assail are drawing upon a terrible power; their desire is to cleanse the world – to eradicate every civilization, to annihilate every human – in order to begin anew. The Elder Gods, too, are seeking to return. And to do so, they will shatter the chains that bind a force of utter devastation and release her from her eternal prison. It seems that, once more, there will be dragons in the world.
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