Toll the Hounds
by Steven Erikson
Taste attributes: fantasymysterydramahorrorfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricateglossybig & variedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, stirring fantasy novel: wide-ranging and weighty. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
The eighth book in Erikson's extraordinary, acclaimed and bestselling fantasy sequence.It is said that Hood waits at the end of every plot, every scheme, each grandiose ambition. But this time it is different: this time the Lord of Death is there at the beginning...Darujhistan swelters in the summer heat and seethes with portents, rumours and whispers.
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- Author
- Steven Erikson
- Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 1280
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- Open Library
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