

The novel (along with the rest of the series, presumably) is an epic fantasy, complete with a map at the beginning of the book. Gardens of the Moon is long, dense, and more than a little weird. I’d heard about the series in passing before, but it took a free giveaway to get me into it– partially because I wasn’t even sure where to start with a series that’s got 10 volumes and counting.Īnd yeah. Still! I find time to read when I can– and this time, I was in for a treat when I found out Tor.com’s ebook of the month was Steven Erikson’s Gardens of the Moon, which is the first of his Malazan Book of the Fallen series. However, as I get back to … well, I don’t know if I’d call the current state of affairs ‘normal,’ it’s certainly different from the kind of quarantine pattern I was in for … most of the last year and a half. I read more than one book a month, I swear.

Book Review: Gardens of the Moon, by Steven Erikson
