Ian C. Esslemont

As war threatens the land and Greymane tries to outrun his past, and the death sentence it carries, a new emperor of Malaz hopes to redeem the failed invasion of Korel with a secret weapon lying in the vaults beneath the Imperial capital: Stonewielder. By the best-selling author of Return of the Crimson Guard.

A Novel of the Malazan Empire

Stonewielder

Greymane has been denounced by the Malazan high command and sentenced to death by the Stormguard - the military cult who hold the stormwall against the alien sea-borne Stormriders who have threatened Korel - and the island of Malaz itself - for millennia. As various mysterious forces, sects and vested interests jockey for position and power, long-hidden secrets are revealed and ancient entities once more walk abroad

Jenna Kathleen

This was a solid book from ICE.

The writing is a lot smoother than the first two books in the series and he had to take some time to grow into the writing style. In book one, the story is fun and a good introduction, but it lacks the depth of the Malazan world-building and giant cast of characters we see in Erikson's books. Book two was just all over the place and the structure was so disorganized. Finally, ICE has really improved as a writer with Stonewielder. The ending wasn't quite as epic as Erikson's but this book sets up the rest of the series nicely.

Stonewielder A Novel of the Malazan Empire

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