Antonis’s Comments (group member since Feb 02, 2015)

Antonis’s comments from the SFF Readalongs led by Kitty G group.

Thanks for the replies.
1. I think that's the best answer I got so far. If we acknowledge that there's a considerable number of strong magical users in the city, and taking into consideration the city's remoteness and distance from other cities, then I could probably accept the lack of army.
2. I got a similar reply in another forum about that story that Apsalar recounts about a god's underwater gardens on the moon. As you say, my guess is that there's probably more info coming in later books.

[I hope you won't mind that I copy-paste the following from another thread I'm taking part in.]
I just finished this awesome and amazing book half an hour ago. I loved it. I have 2 questions though:

1. Isn't there a Darujhistan army at all and if so, where is it and its commanders? I know that Darujhistan is a city based on commerce with mostly economical and political power but I can't imagine it surviving for so many years upon years without an army. So where is that army, what with the Empire closing in and everybody knowing about it and the fate of Pale? Shouldn't the generals and commanders of such an army feature prominently on the political scene? I've grown to trust Erikson strongly but this question can't escape my mind.

2. I still haven't figured out the title of the book. What does "Gardens of the moon" refer to? Sure, we have a Moon's Spawn and we have a lot of garden action, especially at the end, but I don't get what the title is about. Is this another Erikson trick that will make sense only after reading some more books of the series?