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☆☆☆☆☆ - ok so when is book 2 coming???? now?? (Goodreads.com)
☆☆☆☆☆ - If you like Malazan you will love this book (amazon.com.br)
☆☆☆☆☆ - Read this book if you want to scratch your Malazan itch (Goodreads.com)
It has been more than five centuries since the gods destroyed each other, and mankind has moved on. Power now resides in mortal hands, and the city of Kant thrives despite its proximity to the Rift; a great rent virtually splitting the entire continent in two, wherein dwell the dead. Unbeknown to all, an imbalance has begun to manifest, and the divides between worlds, ever tenuous and not fully understood, have become weakened.
El, a necromancer prodigy, finds herself the unwitting pawn in the plans of too many vying for dominance. To make matters worse, a pre-eminent summoner’s blunder has invited a wholly other force into this godless world, and if there’s one truth in a venal city like Kant, it’s power never goes uncoveted.
Not to mention the rats.
Cover illustration by Timon Kokott
☆☆☆☆☆ - If you like Malazan you will love this book (amazon.com.br)
☆☆☆☆☆ - Read this book if you want to scratch your Malazan itch (Goodreads.com)
It has been more than five centuries since the gods destroyed each other, and mankind has moved on. Power now resides in mortal hands, and the city of Kant thrives despite its proximity to the Rift; a great rent virtually splitting the entire continent in two, wherein dwell the dead. Unbeknown to all, an imbalance has begun to manifest, and the divides between worlds, ever tenuous and not fully understood, have become weakened.
El, a necromancer prodigy, finds herself the unwitting pawn in the plans of too many vying for dominance. To make matters worse, a pre-eminent summoner’s blunder has invited a wholly other force into this godless world, and if there’s one truth in a venal city like Kant, it’s power never goes uncoveted.
Not to mention the rats.
Cover illustration by Timon Kokott
967 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 5, 2024
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M.J.G. Pither
2 books2 followersAn underground musician and writer from England who has lived in Copenhagen for over a decade, Matthew Pither is an aspiring Fantasy author who has no discernible marketing ability whatsoever. This fact, combined with overeagerness and a relatable desire to focus solely on the creative aspect of writing, has led to the self-release of Edge, the first volume of The Gods' Wake series, available exclusively on Amazon Kindle.
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November 8, 2024
Book Review (Malazan adjacent)
Edge by M J G Pither
TLDR: Read this book if you want to scratch your Malazan itch.
As some of you know I am a real-live-author (or at least a reasonable facsimile) and can be very unforgiving when a novel does a bad job of... a bad job of being a good novel I guess? Cut me some slack we are talking about art here!
I DNF lots of books- especially indie stuff- and of the books that I finish I am FORCING myself through the last 20% at least half the time. I get in that mode where I feel like if I've come this far I might as well finish it- lets call it Chain of Dogs reading. This book, Edge, is NOT one of those. I couldn't get enough of this book it kept me up in bed and alert on flights. Top marks.
A lot of reviews do a sort of synopsis or talk about details from inside the book. I don't especially like those as I want the book to tell me about all of that. So if you want a few juicy details to get excited over you can send me a message or something. Here I am going to talk about the book from a meta perspective focusing on how it relates to Malazan.
I still don't quite have this clear in my own head. The book reads like a Bizzaro World offshoot of Malazan. The writing is less poetic which gives it all a slightly more animated flavor, but the characters and the nature of world and the conflict are very Malazan-esque without feeling derivative or like a copycat. Like, characters in Malazan are always stumbling upon ancient and forgotten ruins (potsherds anyone?) and the book Edge could be the answer to why/what those ruins are there. You get violence, gritty grim stuff, some existential torment, sex, violence, levels of badass-ness, sex, magic, alternate planes, pissed off gods, violence and sex, drugs, great characters and scene work, the flavor of a much larger world off-screen, lots of violence and sex, empowered female characters with agency that do not depend on male characters (if that is important for you) as well as sex and violence and probably some misogyny and helpless bitches (if that is important for you). There are also scenes depicting sex and violence (if that is important for you).
So, read this book.
Edge by M J G Pither
TLDR: Read this book if you want to scratch your Malazan itch.
As some of you know I am a real-live-author (or at least a reasonable facsimile) and can be very unforgiving when a novel does a bad job of... a bad job of being a good novel I guess? Cut me some slack we are talking about art here!
I DNF lots of books- especially indie stuff- and of the books that I finish I am FORCING myself through the last 20% at least half the time. I get in that mode where I feel like if I've come this far I might as well finish it- lets call it Chain of Dogs reading. This book, Edge, is NOT one of those. I couldn't get enough of this book it kept me up in bed and alert on flights. Top marks.
A lot of reviews do a sort of synopsis or talk about details from inside the book. I don't especially like those as I want the book to tell me about all of that. So if you want a few juicy details to get excited over you can send me a message or something. Here I am going to talk about the book from a meta perspective focusing on how it relates to Malazan.
I still don't quite have this clear in my own head. The book reads like a Bizzaro World offshoot of Malazan. The writing is less poetic which gives it all a slightly more animated flavor, but the characters and the nature of world and the conflict are very Malazan-esque without feeling derivative or like a copycat. Like, characters in Malazan are always stumbling upon ancient and forgotten ruins (potsherds anyone?) and the book Edge could be the answer to why/what those ruins are there. You get violence, gritty grim stuff, some existential torment, sex, violence, levels of badass-ness, sex, magic, alternate planes, pissed off gods, violence and sex, drugs, great characters and scene work, the flavor of a much larger world off-screen, lots of violence and sex, empowered female characters with agency that do not depend on male characters (if that is important for you) as well as sex and violence and probably some misogyny and helpless bitches (if that is important for you). There are also scenes depicting sex and violence (if that is important for you).
So, read this book.
November 18, 2024
ok so when is book 2 coming???? now?? lol. Blown away. I'm in another one of those book hangover thingys. I absolutely loved the humor mixed in with everything going on. That just made it better. The world in this was written so well. I love when you feel like you're right there in the book with the characters.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 30, 2024
The gods have left leaving them godless as well as leaving a huge rift between two places. She is about to be pulled into a battle she was not expecting. She will need to work hard to get things better even when she has an unexpected visitor. A brilliant tale
I received an advance copy from hidden gems and loved where I was taken
I received an advance copy from hidden gems and loved where I was taken
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