Welcome to the Malazan Re-read of the Fallen! Every post will start off with a summary of events, followed by reaction and commentary by your hosts Bill and Amanda (with Amanda, new to the series, going first), and finally comments from Tor.com readers. In this article, we’ll cover the first half of Chapter Twenty-Two of The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson (TB).
A fair warning before we get started: We’ll be discussing both novel and whole-series themes, narrative arcs that run across the entire series, and foreshadowing. Note: The summary of events will be free of major spoilers and we’re going to try keeping the reader comments the same. A forum thread has been set up for outright Malazan spoiler discussion.
Two more notes:
First, poor Amanda is stuck at BEA in a hotel with wireless issues, so she’ll be adding her comments later this week.
Second, as with this chapter, we’ll be splitting Chapter 23 into two posts. Our first post will end with scene that closes with the line: “She hefted her sword. “Let’s go find the next ambush, shall we? The second post will begin with the scene that opens with the line: “Tears glistened beneath Stormy’s eyes . . ."
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