First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2025 6:58 pm
Just started.. Love that we are starting with Apsalar. She is trying to say she isn't "that specific Apsalar". Yeah not buying. LOL
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First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2025 7:33 pm
How's it feel to have read as much as you've read, and only be halfway through the Fallen, not even started the equally long Empire, four Ascendancy books, and a few others!
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2025 12:54 am
GDI !!!!
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 1:29 am
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2025 1:24 am
So this is non-spoiler because it goes back to House of Chains, but I'll post it here because Mogara appears in The Bonehunters too.
I wonder if Mogara is a d'ivers ascendant now? In Deadhouse Gates soletaken and d'ivers were supposed to follow the path of hands, but Shadowthrone and Azath (and possibly the Nameless Ones, I'm not sure) messed with the signs so that they went to Tremorlor instead. But it looks like Mogara wasn't fooled, and made her way to Iskaral Pust's temple. So, did she reach the destination, or did she, like Galadriel, abstain from taking on too much power? (beyond the power inherent in being the wife of Iskaral Pust)
I wonder if Mogara is a d'ivers ascendant now? In Deadhouse Gates soletaken and d'ivers were supposed to follow the path of hands, but Shadowthrone and Azath (and possibly the Nameless Ones, I'm not sure) messed with the signs so that they went to Tremorlor instead. But it looks like Mogara wasn't fooled, and made her way to Iskaral Pust's temple. So, did she reach the destination, or did she, like Galadriel, abstain from taking on too much power? (beyond the power inherent in being the wife of Iskaral Pust)
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2025 7:25 pm
I am enjoying this one much more than some of the previous ones. Now that I know some of the characters better, the stories seem to flow better. So Apsalar now has two ghosts that are following her around, and she has a mission. She just kicked a couple of guards butts and found some tablets that she is reading.
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 5:11 pm
Karsa is back! I absolutely love Karsa as a character. Of course he runs right to a big gate, slams his sword in between the doors and cuts open the lock, the starts a fight to the death (without his sword) with some creature. Love it!
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 5:15 pm
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2025 2:21 pm
One of my favourite books in the series I think.
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First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2025 4:08 pm
In my head I hear from Grease "Look! All the gangs together!" Nice to see Quick Ben, Heboric, Icarium, Mappo, Fiddler, etc etc etc. Although the last book was a "long" diversion from everything else, its nice to get back to the main storyline again... of course main storyline is a POV.
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 2:51 am
And the stories will all become one. Brilliant stuff.
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2025 6:18 pm
You actually may recognize that creature from House of Chains.
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2025 7:37 pm
Was it a ?
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K'Chain Che'Malle
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First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2025 4:23 am
Spoiler
Now I have to admit that I don't know WHAT it was anymore. I actually think I remember thinking this at some point. Someone once said the K'Chain Che'Malle were the demons of Wu's World. But I don't think it was actually a K'Chain, because it has a magical ability that they are never mentioned as having. Actually, I think in Deadhouse Gates or House of Chains (can't remember which but I think it's House of Chains), it's wounded by Kalam when he's helping the Ashok Regiment escape the fortress. Its blood gets in the water of an underground river. Then an En'Kar'Al (spelling?) drinks the blood and this allows the demon to possess the En'Kar'Al and the En'Kar'Al gets trapped in the demon's body. Kalam kills the demon possessed enkaral and now in The Bonehunters Karsa has killed the Enkaral possessed demon. That blood transfusion magic, I don't think marks it as a K'Chain. It does says it looks lizard like though doesn't it?
But I was just initially posting to say that the thing Karsa fought with, Kalam also fought with.
But I was just initially posting to say that the thing Karsa fought with, Kalam also fought with.
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2025 12:37 pm
Ah, gotcha...yeah, that does sound familiar.
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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:14 pm
What a great book so far!! So they attacked Y'Ghatan and what a "hot" mess that was.... now they are following a mouse trying to get out.
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2025 12:52 pm
Ah, one of the best parts.
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First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2025 1:55 pm
I love that honey.
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2025 7:17 pm
WOW... what a great start to a book. Some of them made it out, the honey had healing properties, and the mouse is still with them. But now we have switched up and are following a couple of different threads with Quick Ben, Absolar, Kalam, Paran, Heboric, Icarium, Felisin, Scillara, Greyfrog, Cutter, karsa etc etc I love returning to all these characters.
Quote from Heboric that stuck with me:
Quote from Heboric that stuck with me:
That could be pertinent to today."All those bickering worshippers, each one convinced their version is the right one. Imagine getting prayers from 10 million believers, not one of them believing the same thing as the one kneeling beside him or her. Imagine all those Holy Books, none of them in agreement on anything, yet all of them purporting to be the word of that one God. Imagine two armies annihilating each other, both in that God's name. Who wouldn't be driven mad by all that?
First Read - The Bonehunters: Book 6 - of the Malazan
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2025 2:20 am
Sadly, it's been pertinent throughout human history.