Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • Fall of Light

  • The Second Book in the Kharkanas Trilogy
  • By: Steven Erikson
  • Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
  • Length: 44 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (67 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Fall of Light cover art

Fall of Light

By: Steven Erikson
Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £16.99

Buy Now for £16.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Black Company cover art
Trollslayer cover art
Legend cover art
The Pagan Night cover art
The High King's Vengeance cover art
Empire in Black and Gold cover art
Knight of the Black Rose cover art
New Spring cover art
Many Are the Dead cover art
The Shadow of What Was Lost cover art
Revelation Space cover art
Ball Lightning cover art
Macbeth: A Novel cover art
The Darkness That Comes Before cover art

Summary

It is a bitter winter, and civil war is ravaging Kurald Galain. Urusander's Legion prepares to march on the city of Kharkanas. The rebels' only opposition lies scattered and weakened - bereft of a leader since Anomander's departure in search of his estranged brother. The remaining brother, Silchas Ruin, rules in his stead. He seeks to gather the Houseblades of the Highborn families to him and resurrect the Hust Legion in the southlands, but he is fast running out of time.

The officers and leaders of Urusander's Legion, led by the ruthless Hunn Raal, want the Consort, Draconus, cast aside and their commander to marry Mother Dark and take his place at the side of the Living Goddess. But this union will be far more than simply political. A sorcerous power has claimed those opposing Mother Dark: given form by the exiled High Priestess Syntara, the Cult of Light rises in answer to Mother Dark and her Children.

Far to the west, an unlikely army has gathered, seeking an enemy without form, in a place none can find and commanded by a Jaghut driven mad with grief. It seems Hood's call has been heard, and the long-abandoned city of Omtose Phellack is now home to a rabble of new arrivals: Dog-Runners from the south and Jheck warriors. From the Western Sea strange ships have grounded upon the harsh shore, bearing blue-skinned strangers to offer Hood their swords. And from mountain fastnesses and isolated valleys of the North, Toblakai arrive to pledge themselves to Hood's seemingly impossible war. Soon they will set forth - or not at all - under the banners of the living. Soon weapons will be drawn, with Death itself the enemy.

Beneath the chaos of such events, and spanning the realm and those countless other realms hidden behind its veil, magic now bleeds into the world. Unconstrained, mysterious and savage, the power that is the lifeblood of the Azathanai, K'rul, runs loose and wild - and following its scent, seeking the places of wounding and hurt where the sorcery rushes forth, entities both new and ancient are gathering...and they are eager to feed.

Understanding at last what his gift of blood has unleashed, a weakened K'rul sets out, in the company of a lone guardian, to bring order to this newborn sorcery and in the name of order seeks its greatest avowed enemy....

©2016 Steven Erikson (P)2016 Random House Audiobooks

What listeners say about Fall of Light

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    39
  • 4 Stars
    16
  • 3 Stars
    5
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    3
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    32
  • 4 Stars
    20
  • 3 Stars
    3
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    2
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    36
  • 4 Stars
    11
  • 3 Stars
    6
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    6

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Does not do well in audio format

I really like the fact that this book didn't spend sa long time (or indeed any time) worldbuilding - the world is totally just called by the narrative. It starts slowly, but even so I think I would persist in reading it if it was written rather than spoken format. My main issue with the book is the passive voice that is used so often; it takes too much concentration to follow. I usually listen to an audio book on my train commute or while doing things round the house, and so this just doesn't work for me.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Long winded

I listened for 6 hours and still had no idea what was going on, seemed like lots of short stories and some of them had potential and got my interest but no development. Gave up soon after.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Too many words not enough story

The actual story is a quarter of the book the rest is digression and fluff

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Very boring and dire

Attempts maturity by being bleak and constantly referencing sex and minutiae of mediaeval battle camps. Gave up after the 90th lewd reference about how she would take such and such too her furs *yawn*

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Not like Malazan the fallen

More contemplative and philosophical. Not for everyone. Personally I loved it. My first attempt I didn’t have the patience. After re listening to all ten of the book of the fallen I gave it another go with a deeper understanding of the lore and more of a desire to know the origins of the larger than life figures in the main series.

Loved it really. Shame the third one isn’t coming out soon. Can’t wait for draconis to go full bad man.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Poorest Errikson book I've come across

Too much monologuing, too many pointless conversations, not enough implementing of the story line. Unmemorable and swift poorly written incidents, a complete contrast to the Malazan books of the fallen.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Overall very good

I really enjoyed the story and the telling of it. The only drawback is some of the pointless rambling monologues that you have to endure from time to time that just hold up the story rather than add to it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!