The First Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

Three Short Novels of the Malazan Empire (Malazan Book of the Fallen Series)

De: Steven Erikson

Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton

The first three tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, the famed necromancers from the Malazan Book of the Fallen, collected in one volume.

“BLOOD FOLLOWS”
In the port city of Lamentable Moll, a diabolical killer stalks the streets and panic grips the citizens like a fever. As Emancipor Reese's legendary ill luck would have it, his previous employer is the unknown killer's latest victim. But two strangers have come to town and they have posted in Fishmonger's Round a note, reeking of death-warded magic, requesting the services of a manservant...

“THE HEALTHY DEAD”
The city of Quaint's zeal for goodness can be catastrophic, and no one knows this better than Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, two stalwart champions of all things bad. The homicidal necromancers—and their substance-addled manservant, Emancipor Reese—find themselves ensnared in a scheme to bring goodness into utter ruination. Sometimes you must bring down civilization...in the name of civilization.

“THE LEES OF LAUGHTER'S END”
After their blissful sojourn in Lamentable Moll, the sorcerers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach—along with their manservant, Emancipor Reese—set out on the open seas aboard the sturdy ship Suncurl. Alas, there's more baggage in the hold than meets the beady eyes of the crew, and unseemly terrors awaken. For Bauchelain, Korbal Broach and Emancipor Reese, it is just one more night on the high seas, on a journey without end.

©2002 Blood Follows © 2002 by Steven Erikson. The Healthy Dead © 2004 by Steven Erikson. The Lees of Laughter’s End © 2007 by Steven Erikson. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Deftly brought to life through the narrative storytelling talents by Nicolas Boulton, this two-volume collection of original action/adventure fantasy novellas by Steven Erickson is especially and unreservedly recommended.”—Midwest Book Review

"This collection of edgy and violent narratives tied to Erikson's Malazan Empire series pushes the boundaries of epic fantasy with morally ambiguous protagonists, bloody altercations and gritty world-building."—Publishers Weekly

the most fun read

this book was the most fun since the bone Hunters looking forward to reading part 2

mayhem abound!

Unconditional love for the adventures of our Necromancers and their "luckless" manservant. can't wait to dive into the next!

Refreshing

I laughed my ass off listening to this one. Thank you Steven Erickson! Loved it. Oh, also… this new fellow narrating in Malazan. Best yet..

do good

the authors are so good in this series. I a.m a big fan of the narrators as well.

Literary wit had me laughing out loud

Love the characters and stories. As always, the humor is superb and fits so well into the narrative!

Mischeivious, Nefarious, Calamitous Fun

So much fun with this and the second book. Several long running stories centered around the charismatic and regal psychopath Bauchelain and his loyal manservant. Evil abounds but is seldom this much fun.

This is coupled by an amazing performance by Nicholas Boultan. This story could half of what it is and still be amazing for how well this was read.

Sad that only two such books exist at the moment.

Unique and hilarious

Full of great characters
Many interesting events and playing with tropes
Unique lore
Well written

Outstanding

New favorite from Erikson - which is high praise, indeed. Top notch narrator also. Highly recommended.

Love it

A little comic relief for the Malazan community! Would have loved to listen to Nickolas narrate other Malazan titles. 10/10 performance

Steven Erikson does not disappoint!!

Erikson makes unlikeable characters interesting. Everyone character is well thought out and very well rounded. Erikson can sometimes be verbose and it takes forever to get to the point, but this book was perfect.