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House of Chains

The Malazan Book of the Fallen 4

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House of Chains

By: Steven Erikson
Narrated by: Michael Page
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of House of Chains: Malazan Book of the Fallen 4 by Steven Erikson, read by Michael Page.

In Northern Genabackis, before the events recounted in Gardens of the Moon, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descend from the mountains into the flat lands. For one among them, Karsa Orlong, it marks the beginning of what will prove an extraordinary destiny.

Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Coltaine is dead. And now the untried new Adjunct, Tavore, must urgently raise an army able to withstand the forces of the Sha'ik's Whirlwind that are massing in Raraku, the few remaining veterans from Coltaine's march her only hope . . .

So begins the epic new novel of war, intrigue, magic and betrayal from a writer now acknowledged as one of the most original, imaginative and exciting storytellers in modern fantasy.

©2002 Steven Erikson (P)2019 Brilliance Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Dragons & Mythical Creatures Fantasy Historical Military Fiction War

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Another great book in the series. its a shame the have a new narrator as the one that did the forst 3 was far superior. This is one of the most epic fantasy series out there.

Another great book in the series.

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i was pretty sceptical about new narrator but after i while i rly like this one and cannot wait to go through rest of the books!

Karsa Orlong it's a amazing character! love this book a lot. so far Memory of Ice it's my favorite! but this one come close!

epic journey continue

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The house of chains introduces us to some of my favourite characters in the malazan universe while still keeping links to established characters but the whole experience is clouded by the narrator he has obviously made no attempt to find the right pronunciation for most of the names and places in the book and it kills the immersion for me,this in no way reflects on the story or the world building erikson has given us one of the best epic fantasy series ever written in the 10 books of the malazan book of the fallen series,while not everyone can be bothered investing in such a big story if you consider yourself a fan of fantasy at all you owe it to yourself to immerse yourself in these books completely you will laugh you will cry and you will become genuinely concerned about the fate of some of the characters brought to life by erikson in these books, don't read one book and disregard the rest, the consistency of intelligent, engaging storytelling stays all the way through to the last book don't judge this book on my review or someone else's review get involved in the world and characters of malazan and make your own decision these books will repay everything you invest in them tenfold if you are like me you will reach the end of book 10 then immediately pick up book 1 and start again because one read through isn't enough to ingest the depth of the storytelling offered up here there is a point in the book where we are confronted with the sudden death of one of our main characters and I genuinely was winded by it I was outraged I was hurt I felt the loss I wanted them back in the story this ability to attach you emotionally to his characters is one of eriksons many strong points.
I apologize for this long long-winded review😎
Note to whomever it concerns Please please get these books narrated by a cast of narrators who can do justice to the characters, pronunciation of words and place names and most of all the amazing story on offer here as one person narrating this many characters is not doing it any justice at all.

Needs better narration!

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The first part of this book focusing solely on Karsa Orlong's story is honestly on of the most entertaining audiobooks I've ever heard!

Karsa Orlong!

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This will be brief as I liked the book (as well as the previous 3) but I have issues with the change in narrator.

I get that the series is long and that there would be changes along the way but would it have killed the new narrator to have listened to at least one of the previous titles before going on to perform for this and subsequent books?

Like with other reviewers the book is let down with the jarring pronunciation changes. I can almost accept the voice changes as it would be difficult to mimic Ralph Lister's coterie but the majority of voices from Michael Page, even the women, sound identical and it's quite difficult to pick who is speaking at any point.

The pronunciation is the worst though especially after 3 books worth from Ralph.

Overall a good listen though. On to book 5.

Good continuation, let down by change in narrator.

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