The God Is Not Willing
The First Tale of Witness: A Novel of the Malazan World
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4.7 • 149 Ratings
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson continues the beloved Malazan Book of the Fallen with this first book in the thrilling Witness sequel trilogy, The God is Not Willing.
Many years have passed since three warriors brought carnage and chaos to Silver Lake.
Now the tribes of the north no longer venture into the southlands. The town has recovered and yet the legacy remains.
Responding to reports of a growing unease among the tribes beyond the border, the Malazan army marches on the new god’s people. They aren't quite sure what they're going to be facing.
And in those high mountains, a new warleader has risen amongst the Teblor. Scarred by the deeds of Karsa Orlong, he intends to confront his god even if he has to cut a bloody swathe through the Malazan Empire to do so.
Further north, a new threat has emerged and now it seems it is the Teblor who are running out of time. Another long-feared migration is about to begin and this time it won't just be three warriors. No, this time tens of thousands are poised to pour into the lands to the south. And in their way, a single company of Malazan marines . . .
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Erikson burnishes his reputation as a superior epic fantasy world-builder in this trilogy debut, a spin-off of his Malazan Book of the Fallen series, that makes it easy for newcomers to invest, despite the large cast of characters and weighty backstory. Catastrophic climate change that means the end of winter for the Malazan world threatens to flood the lands of the south. That region's peoples also face a military threat in the form of an army of raiders led by Elade Tharos, who commands a force of clans united by his promise of revenge upon the southerners who took their members as slaves and seized their lands. Myriad subplots wend throughout, notably including a character's struggles with addiction, something rarely explored in this genre. Erikson's outstanding descriptive skills (a graveyard is depicted as "a strange mixture of beehive tombs and mounded urn-pits along with mostly sunken, tilted platforms, hinting at more than one ancient, long-forgotten practice by equally forgotten peoples") enhance a complicated narrative that sweats the details. This is a treat both for Erikson's returning readers and lovers of George R.R. Martin–style epic fantasy who have yet to discover his work.
Customer Reviews
Love, love
Only author that comes close to …..this…..is maybe Joe Abercrombie.
Semper-fi
I was in a reading rut till this
Steven, you never cease to amaze me. I finished The Crippled God and I couldn’t read anything. Nothing stuck. Then I realized you’d written this, and well. I’m all fixed. I’ve noted your frustration with the lack of interest in this when it first dropped, and the flip flopping of fans wanting this next book or the one about Kharkanas (forgive my spelling if it’s incorrect) and let me tell you this: if it’s a book you’ve written, I want it. Thank you for writing.
Comes Out Swinging!!
Loved it! So good to return the world of Malazan….and all of the NEW components are GREAT TO ME!!! (I won’t list any spoilers but 🤯)