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  • Stonewielder

  • Epic Fantasy: Malazan Empire
  • By: Ian C Esslemont
  • Narrated by: John Banks
  • Length: 26 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (107 ratings)

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Stonewielder

By: Ian C Esslemont
Narrated by: John Banks
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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 enamoured 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 seaborne 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.

©2010 Ian C. Esslemont (P)2016 Random House Audiobooks
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Cracking book

A great read and an excellent addition to the series - great stuff next one please!

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Swiss Tony reads...

If you have ever watched "The Fast Show" (UK sitcom) the narrator is his voice-twin

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A wonderful book by a great.

More malazan magic. Another perfectly paced book full of great characters and tying up some ends from previous books as well. Full of action and good humour as well as dark magic and intriguing characters. I think I prefer this series to the main malazan books by Erikson as they are better paced with nowhere near as much filler and philosophy. Telling the tale of some of the more interesting characters from the history of the malazan timeline. Highly recommended..

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loved it perfectly performed well written

loved every moment of this book the array of accents and depth of performance is wonderful

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superb

Slow to begin with but as is went it got better and better. Ĺots of twist and turns to keep you guessing and you end up ĺistening when and where you can just to find out what happens next

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Best so far

Each book in this series just gets better. I really hope audible uk will give us the rest of this series and the Rest of the Steven Erikson Malazan books to

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Rubbish

None of the magic, charm, humour or humanity of the Erikson books. Nearly DNFd many times but forced myself through it. Not sure if it was the writing or the reading but I remembered enjoying it when I read it on release.

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