Deadhouse Gates

When I wrote my review for Gardens Of The Moon, I didn't have that much new to offer to readers familiar with the series, and instead I tried to convince possible new readers to give that book a go, as it was one of my favorite reads that year. This is the sequel: what to say about a 943-page book that is the second in a 10-book series, set in a universe co-created with Ian Esslemont - who also wrote another 7 books?

Let me start this review by something that could be also of interest to readers not familiar with the series, namely the philosophical foundations underlying the book, and presumably the entirety of The Malazan Book Of The Fallen.

After that, I'll try to voice my assessment of Deadhouse Gates as a work of High Fantasy fiction - the actual review, so to say. That might also be of interest to readers still pondering whether to start this series, as I didn't feel this book to be as successful as Gardens Of The Moon.

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