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Return Of The Crimson Guard

A compelling, evocative and action-packed epic fantasy that will keep you gripped

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Return Of The Crimson Guard

By: Ian C Esslemont
Narrated by: John Banks
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The return of the Crimson Guard could not have come at a worse time for an empire exhausted by warfare and weakened by betrayals and rivalries.
Into the seething cauldron of Quon Tali - the Malazan Empire's heartland - they march, and with their return comes the memory of their vow: undying opposition to the Empire. But elements within the Guard's élite, the Avowed, have set their sights on far greater power, while other, more ancient entities are rising up, intent on furthering their own arcane ends. And what of the swordsman called Traveller who, with his companion Ereko, seeks a confrontation from which none have ever returned?
As the Guard prepare to wage war, the Empress Laseen's generals and mages grow impatient at what they perceive as her mismanagement of the Empire. Is she losing her grip on power or has she outwitted them all? Could she be using the uprisings to draw out and finally eliminate the last irksome survivors from the days of Kellanved, her illustrious predecessor?

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Critic reviews

Everything you expect of a Malazan story, being both epic and relevant... nail-biting and anything but obvious
The Malazan franchise is fighting fit in the hands of its co-creator
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I've googled it. Amazon chuck em up in any old order ! ! !

IN WHICH ORDER DO WE LISTEN TO THESE BOOKS!!

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One of the worst books I've ever read. It only detracts from characters from the main series who have the misfortune of being here. It does not get better in the second half. That convergence just feels like a kid mashing all his action figures together. And it goes on and on and on . . . There might have been some important deaths - even for the main series - but I just did not care by then.

For the main Malazan series, I could never understand how such a complex tale came out of roleplay sessions. This book just feels like a tedious summary of boring roleplay sessions, complete with 1 dimensional characters leveling up and get new kit. Such a dull, dull book even when listened to at double speed.

Hood's balls! This is rough going . . ..

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