Dancer's Lament

Name: Dancer's Lament
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Author: Ian C. Esslemont
ISBN: 9781511376983

Author: Ian C. Esslemont

Series: Path to Ascendancy #1

Narrator: John Banks

Unabridged: 16 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/31/2016

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy

Synopsis

Esslemont's all-new prequel trilogy takes readers deeper into the politics and intrigue of the New York Times bestselling Malazan Empire. Dancer's Lament focuses on the genesis of the empire, and features Dancer, the skilled assassin, who, alongside the mage Kellanved, would found the Malazan empire.

About Ian C. Esslemont

Ian Cameron Esslemont grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has studied archaeology and creative writing, has traveled extensively in South East Asia, and lived in Thailand and Japan for several years. He now lives in Alaska with his wife and children and is currently working on another novel set in the world of Malaz, a world he co-created with his friend Steven Erikson.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on March 01, 2017

Dancer's Lament is the first of Ian C. Esslemont's Malazan novels that I have read and it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. It is the first installment of the Path to Ascendancy trilogy. The book is more linear that the previous series entrants that I have read written by Steven Erikson. It is......more

Goodreads review by Matt's Fantasy Book Reviews on March 24, 2022

A promising start to the Malazan prequel books, but lacks the grandeur of other entries I was pretty convinced that I would be giving this book a low score for multiple reasons. First, I can't tell you the last time that I thought a prequel series was above average. And second, some of the last few b......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 22, 2017

I've slept on this rating, and I'm still calling this a 5 star book. "He was Dancer now, and Dancer from now on." This review is up at my new blog that I'll be doing with a few friends check it out here First of all, the Dramatis Personae in this book had me confused in so many ways. The only name......more

Goodreads review by TS on February 09, 2019

My first 5-star rating this year, and it's a Malazan book. I love the world of Malazan, and the Malazan Book of the Fallen stands as my favourite grimdark fantasy series. However, these are not books which one can pick up to read for 'fun'. Not only were the worldbuilding complex and the cast of char......more

Goodreads review by Lee on December 29, 2016

WOW! Mr Esslemont. Just WOW! After building me up with Orb Spectre, Throne and then crushing me with Blood and Bone, I am deliriously happy to announce that Dancer's Lament is your finest work yet. Fantastic being back in the Malazan world and with a history lesson to be had from two of the most inter......more