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House of Chains

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.

(c) 2002, Steven Erikson (P) 2019 Brilliance

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Reading The Malazan Book of the Fallen . . . is the most masterful piece of fiction I have ever read. It has single-handedly changed everything we thought we knew about fantasy literature and redefined what is possible.
Erikson's magnum opus, The Malazan Book of the Fallen, sits in pole position as the very best and most ambitious epic fantasy saga ever written.
Arguably the best fantasy series ever written. This is of course subject to personal opinion . . . but few can deny that the quality and ambition of the ten books that make up The Malazan Book of the Fallen are unmatched within the genre.
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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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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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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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you should not change the story teller through a series of books. other it was ok

Do not change the story teller through a series.

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Having read the books before I really enjoyed the previous audiobooks, and this enstallment of the story is good. However, changing narrator midway through such a complex series was a terrible decision. Michael Page reads well and his reading voice is very good, but his voice acting is a major disappointment here. Partly this is because the previous reader was so good at bringing the various characters to life and obviously the voices will change between readers. Worse though is the way many of the characters sound the same, a variant on a south Asian / Indian accent. It makes it hard to recall who is who and moreover the Malazan books are renowned for involving characters from many different continents! seven cities native- sounds Indian. ok fine. Fiddler from Malaz, sounds Indian. Crocus, from Darijistan, sounde Indian, and about 20 years older than he should be. The worst though- the Jaghut, sound Indian too. They're not even human. Weirdly, his female voices were a bit better in this regard. Karsa sounds good and as mentioned his reading voice is very solid, but overall a disappointment. I get the feeling he didn't listen to the previous readings at all. Most of this criticism is more fairly directed at whoever arranged the change of reader. Will try and soldier through the next book.

Why change narrator?! :(

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