Mid-series Discussion: Novels of the Malazan Empire with Ian C. Esslemont

As part of our grand Malazan Readathon, ‪@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy‬ and I decided to have a mid-series look at the first three books of the Novels of the Malazan Empire. Luckily we were joined by Ian C. Esslemont (author of the Novels of the Malazan Empire) who dropped by to discuss Night of Knives, Return of the Crimson Guard, and Stonewielder with us as we reach the midway point of our read of the sextet (Philip on his first read).


Spoilers for the three books, but we progress book by book in order.

As ever we had a lot of fun discussing the books and a tendency to focus on theme and broader narrative elements.

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