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 second half of Chapter Four of Return of the Crimson Guard (RotCG).
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 spoiler thread has been set up for outright Malazan spoiler discussion.
A note: This will be our last post until after the holidays. We’ll be back on Friday, January 4th with the first half of Chapter Five. Our splitting point again is roughly at the half-way point and is marked by asterisks. The last line of Part One reads “Don’t know. Steal a fishing boat I s’pose... Take a look at this Stormwall everyone’s goin’ on about.” The first line of Part Two is “Ghelel Rhik Tayliin allowed her fury to grow steadily... ” Enjoy the holidays all and see you next year!
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