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Stonewielder
- Novels of the Malazan Empire, Book 3
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Series: A Novel of the Malazan Empire, Book 3
- Length: 26 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 07-29-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Brilliance Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $10.49
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Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. With his school for swordsmanship in Falar, he was looking forward to a quiet life, although his colleague Kyle wasn't as enamored with life outside the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. However, it seems it is not so easy for an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire to disappear, especially one under sentence of death from that same Empire.
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- Matthew
- 11-19-16
I had little faith in ICE
I'm the biggest The Malazan Book of the Fallen fan there ever is. I'm ready to die after her finishes his trilogy. So I decided I wanted more of Malaz and decided to give Esslemont a try. Well I read NoK and it was absolute trash. Then I read RotCG which was even more confusing that GotM on account of its sloppy writing, though the plot was great. Now finally I've struck gold. This book was great that at some points I even forgot Steven Erikson didn't write it. I had no faith in this book but by listening to ICE's most recent book Dancer's Lament I had the evidence of tighter more compelling writing that I needed to pick back up his main series. It was worth it. I loved this return to Wu!
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- Bethany Dunham
- Panama City, FL United States
- 01-11-18
awesome
heres another great book and great narration, I'm getting the next in the series now
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- MP
- 03-27-17
So little happened, and so little was explained.
It was hard to finish. Events proceed without readers being clued in as to Why?
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- Solly
- 08-30-16
Another awesome Malazan book
Great action, fun to read! What a great series
I strongly recommend this if you love the Malazan series
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- JR'S BS RANCH
- San Diego
- 10-26-16
NOT WORTH THE DISCOUNT SALE
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Hard to imagine who would enjoy this book. Way to many "characters" to remember who is who; and there doesn't seem to be a 'MAIN" character that the book is about. It's a 'war' book, with no love story; no character development to really bring any adhesion to any group. I am still left with 13 hours of story and am bored to death.
What about John Banks’s performance did you like?
As a narrator, he does a great job with a 2nd rate book. He really is good; one of the few narrators with an english accent that doesn't use an Irish accent for half of the characters in the book. Nice for a change.
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