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| name = Stonewielder |
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+ | | series = [[Novels of the Malazan Empire]] |
| publisher = Bantam Press |
| publisher = Bantam Press |
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| release_date = 6 December 2010 |
| release_date = 6 December 2010 |
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| pages = 720 pp |
| pages = 720 pp |
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| − | | isbn = |
+ | | isbn = 9780593064443 |
| preceded_by = [[Return of the Crimson Guard]] |
| preceded_by = [[Return of the Crimson Guard]] |
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+ | | followed_by = [[Orb Sceptre Throne]] |
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| ⚫ | '''''Stonewielder''''' is the third novel by Canadian author [[Ian Cameron Esslemont]]. It is set in the world of the ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]'', a ten-volume epic fantasy series by Esslemont's friend and colleague [[Steven Erikson]]. Esslemont and Erikson co-created the Malazan world in the 1980s. |
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| ⚫ | '''''Stonewielder''''' is the third novel by Canadian author [[Ian Cameron Esslemont]]. It is set in the world of the [[Malazan Book of the Fallen]], a ten-volume epic fantasy series by Esslemont's friend and colleague [[Steven Erikson]]. Esslemont and Erikson co-created the Malazan world in the 1980s. |
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[[Greymane]] believed he'd outrun his past. He now ran a school for swordsmanship in [[Falar]] and was looking forward to becoming fat and lazy. With him was [[Kyle]], though the plains youth was not quite so contented with civilian life outside the mercenary company the [[Crimson Guard]]. Yet it is not so easy to disappear when you are an ex-[[Fist (rank)|Fist]] of the [[Malazan Empire]], especially one denounced and under a death-sentence from that very Empire. |
[[Greymane]] believed he'd outrun his past. He now ran a school for swordsmanship in [[Falar]] and was looking forward to becoming fat and lazy. With him was [[Kyle]], though the plains youth was not quite so contented with civilian life outside the mercenary company the [[Crimson Guard]]. Yet it is not so easy to disappear when you are an ex-[[Fist (rank)|Fist]] of the [[Malazan Empire]], especially one denounced and under a death-sentence from that very Empire. |
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Meanwhile, religious war has broken out all across these lands as the local cult of the [[Blessed Lady]], who has stood firm for millennia against the assaults of the Stormriders, seeks to stamp out all rivals; a champion refuses to stand against the alien 'Riders' and takes up arms in rebellion; and a local magistrate innocently pursuing the mystery of a series of murders is brought to the very heart of a far larger and far more terrifying ancient crime that has stained the entire subcontinent. |
Meanwhile, religious war has broken out all across these lands as the local cult of the [[Blessed Lady]], who has stood firm for millennia against the assaults of the Stormriders, seeks to stamp out all rivals; a champion refuses to stand against the alien 'Riders' and takes up arms in rebellion; and a local magistrate innocently pursuing the mystery of a series of murders is brought to the very heart of a far larger and far more terrifying ancient crime that has stained the entire subcontinent. |
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| + | ==Front matter== |
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| − | == Dramatis Personae == |
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| + | ===Dedication=== |
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| − | === Of the [[Malazan Expeditionary Force]] === |
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| + | ''To Gerri''<br> |
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| − | * [[Greymane]] / Orjin Samarr – High Fist, Commander of the Expeditionary Force |
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| + | ''with love'' |
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| − | * [[Kyle]] – Adjunct to the High Fist |
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| − | * [[Nok]] – Admiral, Commander of Naval forces |
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| + | ===Acknowledgements=== |
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| − | * [[Swirl]] – Admiral of [[Blue Moranth|Moranth Blue]] forces |
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| + | ''Greatest gratitude to Gerri for her unswerving support. Thanks to Derick Burleson for graciously allowing me to adapt one of his pieces to this setting. I would also like to acknowledge the fans of the World of Malaz, its readers, and those active on its online forums. Your energy and enthusiasm keep Steve and me inspired.'' |
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| − | * [[Rillish Jal Keth]] – Divisional Fist of the [[Fourth Army]] |
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| − | * [[Khemet Shul]] – Divisional Fist of the [[Eighth Army]] |
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| − | * [[Devaleth]] – Cadre mage |
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| + | ===Maps=== |
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| − | === Malazan 17th Squad, 4th Company, 2nd Division, Fourth Army === |
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| + | <gallery> |
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| − | * [[Betteries]] – Company Captain |
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| + | File:Map Lands of Fist.jpg|Lands of Fist |
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| − | * [[Goss]] – Sergeant |
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| + | File:Map Stormwall.jpg|The Stormwall |
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| − | * [[Pyke]] – Heavy infantry |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| − | * [[Yana]] – Heavy infantry |
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| − | * [[Suth]] – Heavy infantry |
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| − | * [[Lard]] – Heavy infantry |
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| − | * [[Dim (Malazan heavy infantry)|Dim]] – Heavy infantry |
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| − | * [[Wess]] – Heavy infantry |
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| − | * [[Len]] – [[Saboteur]] |
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| − | * [[Keri]] – Saboteur |
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| − | * [[Faro]] – Scout |
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| − | == |
+ | ==Plot summary== |
| + | {{Chapters sw}} |
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| − | * [[Urfa]] – Lieutenant of the 4th Company saboteurs |
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| − | * [[Twofoot]] – Sergeant of the 6th |
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| − | * [[Coral (soldier)|Coral]] – Sergeant of the 20th |
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| − | * [[Tolat]] – A barghast scout of the 4th Company |
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| + | <span style="margin-right:12px; float:left;">{{Eye closed}}</span> |
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| − | === Of the Malazan Sixth Army === |
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| + | ::<span style="color:#B00;">'''The following summaries contain spoilers'''<br />Please access individual chapter summaries via the Chapter infobox<br /></span> |
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| − | * [[Yeull 'ul Taith]] – Overlord |
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| − | * [[Ussü]] – High Mage and Advisor |
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| − | * [[Borun]] – Commander of Black Moranth |
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| − | * [[Eneth-jer]] – Envoy of the Overlord |
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| − | === |
+ | ====Prologue==== |
| − | * [[Hiam]] – Lord Protector of the Stormwall, Commander of all Korelri |
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| − | * [[Quint]] – Senior officer (Wall Marshall) of the Stormwall |
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| − | * [[Shool]] – Aide to Hiam |
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| − | * [[Toral Stimins]] – Master Engineer |
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| − | * [[Iron Bars]] – Champion of the Stormwall, and Crimson Guard Avowed |
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| − | * [[Corlo]] – A prisoner and Crimson Guardsman |
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| − | * [[Jemain]] – A prisoner and a member of Bars' crew |
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| − | * [[Hagen]] – Ex-Champion of the Stormwall |
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| − | * [[Tollen]] – A Malazan prisoner |
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| − | === |
+ | ===Book One: The Sea=== |
| + | {{Collapser|{{Epigraph| |
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| − | * [[Bakune]] – Chief Assessor of Banith |
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| + | The so-called Malazan 'empire' began as a thalassocracy. That is, rule by sea power. In the undignified scholarly scramble to identify and distil the empire's early stages this truly defining characteristic is usually overlooked. Yet the Malazan expansion was undeniably one of sea power and this was the key to its early successes. It was also the key to one of its early failures: the ill-conceived incursion into the archipelago and subcontinent known variously as Fist, Korel, or the Storm-cursed. For this archipelago was itself a supreme sea power, if non-expansionist. And in the end of course it was the sea that so definitively, and with such finality, put an end to all hostilities. |
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| − | * [[Kerien'el]] – Lieutenant, later Captain, of the City Watch |
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| + | |''Imperial Campaigns (The Korel Occupations)''<br>Volume II, ''Fist''<br>[[Imrygyn Tallobant]]}}}} |
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| − | * [[Hyuke]] – A city watchman |
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| − | * [[Puller]] – A city watchman |
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| − | * [[Starvann Arl]] – Abbott of Our Lady the Saviour Cloister and Hospice |
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| − | * [[Ipshank]] – An ex-priest of Fener |
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| − | * [[Manask]] – A thief |
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| − | === Of the Jourilan Army of Reform === |
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| + | {{Collapser|{{Epigraph| |
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| − | * [[Beneth]] – Spiritual leader |
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| + | On the subcontinent known to some as Korel, to others as Fist, the Chosen who defend the Stormwall against the attacks of the ocean-borne ‘Riders’ foretell that should these Riders broach the wall they shall sweep on to engulf the world entire in an eternal reign of ice and storm.<br> |
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| − | * [[Hegil Lesour 'an 'al]] – Commander of the cavalry |
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| + | Despite these claims, the Malazan Emperor Kellanved ordered his armies to invade Korel lands. This confronted the Stormguard with a horrifying choice: defend the wall or defend their lands. Skilfully, Kellanved swiftly withdrew the necessity for said choice by offering to limit his holdings to territory currently occupied. The Chosen readily agreed to these terms. In this, and many other pacts, it may be said that Kellanved manoeuvred and negotiated his way to Empire. Few in these times appreciate this distinction.|''Sketches of History''<br>[[Ordren Stennist]]<br>Academe, Kartool}}}} |
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| − | * [[Martal]] – Commander of the army, the "Black Queen" |
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| − | * [[Ivanr]] – Ex-Grand Champion of the Jourilan Imperial Games |
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| − | * [[Carr]] – A lieutenant of the army |
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| − | === |
+ | ===Book Three: And All the Shores Between=== |
| + | {{Collapser|{{Epigraph| |
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| − | * [[Blues]] |
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| + | He stands watching the Chosen on the wall<br> |
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| − | * [[Fingers]] |
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| + | Gripping the stone in both hands<br> |
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| − | * [[Lazar]] |
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| + | Staring down into the blur of sickle blades,<br> |
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| − | * [[Shell]] |
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| + | Clouds of spray and snow blow behind<br> |
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| + | And all to the horizon, to the curve<br> |
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| + | Of wall that marks the shore,<br> |
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| + | Nothing but men swinging.<br> |
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| + | When the sea fills the gap<br> |
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| + | His cousins raise their spears.<br> |
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| + | For twelve hours the sun strives<br> |
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| + | And the reaper reaps.<br> |
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| + | The boy stares down into that sweep<br> |
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| + | Of hot oiled blade and tempered ice,<br> |
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| + | And I hope he will not fall.|Epic lay, ''The Wall''<br>[[Derak Ranathaj]]}}}} |
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| − | === |
+ | ====Epilogue==== |
| − | * [[Totsin Jurth the Third]] |
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| − | * [[Brother Carfin]] |
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| − | * [[Sister Gosh]] |
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| − | * [[Sister Esa]] |
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| − | * [[Sister Nebras]] |
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| − | * [[Brother Jool]] |
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| + | ==Trivia== |
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| − | === In the Shadow Realm === |
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| + | *PS Publishing produced the book as a limited edition slipcased two volume set with separate covers. |
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| − | * [[Kiska]] – One-time bodyguard to Tayschrenn, High Mage of the Empire |
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| − | * [[Jheval]] – An agent of the Queen of Dreams |
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| + | ==Cover gallery== |
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| − | === Of the Sea-folk === |
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| + | <gallery> |
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| − | * [[Orzu]] – Patriarch of his clan |
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| + | Stonewielder PS Vol1.jpg|PS Publishing - Volume 1 |
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| − | * [[Ena]] – A young mother of the clan |
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| + | Stonewielder_PS_Vol2.jpg|PS Publishing - Volume 2 |
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| + | </gallery> |
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| + | ==Notes and references== |
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| + | {{Reflist}} |
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| − | === Prologue === |
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| − | === Book One: The Sea === |
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| − | ==== Chapter I ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter II ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter III ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter IV ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter V ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter VI ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter VII ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter VIII ==== |
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| − | === Book Three: And All the Shores Between === |
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| − | ==== Chapter IX ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter X ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter XI ==== |
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| − | ==== Chapter XII ==== |
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| − | === Epilogue === |
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| − | [[Category:Books by Ian C. Esslemont]] |
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+ | [[Category:Stonewielder]] |
| + | [[Category:Novels of the Malazan Empire]] |
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Revision as of 19:09, 24 March 2020
Stonewielder is the third novel by Canadian author Ian Cameron Esslemont. It is set in the world of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, a ten-volume epic fantasy series by Esslemont's friend and colleague Steven Erikson. Esslemont and Erikson co-created the Malazan world in the 1980s.
Publisher's summary
Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. He now ran a school for swordsmanship in Falar and was looking forward to becoming fat and lazy. With him was Kyle, though the plains youth was not quite so contented with civilian life outside the mercenary company the Crimson Guard. Yet it is not so easy to disappear when you are an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire, especially one denounced and under a death-sentence from that very Empire.
For there is a new Emperor on the throne of Malaz, and his thoughts turn to the lingering drain of blood and treasure that is the failed invasion of the Korel subcontinent. In the record vaults beneath Unta, the Imperial capital, lie the answers to that disaster. And out of this buried history surfaces the name Stonewielder.
In Korel, Lord Protector Hiam, commander of the Stormguard, faces the potential annihilation of all that he loves as with the blood of his few remaining men and a crumbling stone wall that has seen better days, he labours to stave off the sea-borne Stormriders who would destroy his lands.
Meanwhile, religious war has broken out all across these lands as the local cult of the Blessed Lady, who has stood firm for millennia against the assaults of the Stormriders, seeks to stamp out all rivals; a champion refuses to stand against the alien 'Riders' and takes up arms in rebellion; and a local magistrate innocently pursuing the mystery of a series of murders is brought to the very heart of a far larger and far more terrifying ancient crime that has stained the entire subcontinent.
Front matter
Dedication
To Gerri
with love
Acknowledgements
Greatest gratitude to Gerri for her unswerving support. Thanks to Derick Burleson for graciously allowing me to adapt one of his pieces to this setting. I would also like to acknowledge the fans of the World of Malaz, its readers, and those active on its online forums. Your energy and enthusiasm keep Steve and me inspired.
Maps
Plot summary
| Stonewielder | |
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| Dramatis Personae | Prologue |
| The Sea | |
| Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 |
| Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 |
| Chapter 5 | |
| The Land | |
| Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 |
| Chapter 8 | |
| And All the Shores Between | |
| Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 |
| Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 |
| Epilogue | Pagination |
- The following summaries contain spoilers
Please access individual chapter summaries via the Chapter infobox
- The following summaries contain spoilers
Prologue
Book One: The Sea
| Epigraph |
The so-called Malazan 'empire' began as a thalassocracy. That is, rule by sea power. In the undignified scholarly scramble to identify and distil the empire's early stages this truly defining characteristic is usually overlooked. Yet the Malazan expansion was undeniably one of sea power and this was the key to its early successes. It was also the key to one of its early failures: the ill-conceived incursion into the archipelago and subcontinent known variously as Fist, Korel, or the Storm-cursed. For this archipelago was itself a supreme sea power, if non-expansionist. And in the end of course it was the sea that so definitively, and with such finality, put an end to all hostilities. Imperial Campaigns (The Korel Occupations)Volume II, Fist Imrygyn Tallobant |
Book Two: The Land
| Epigraph |
On the subcontinent known to some as Korel, to others as Fist, the Chosen who defend the Stormwall against the attacks of the ocean-borne ‘Riders’ foretell that should these Riders broach the wall they shall sweep on to engulf the world entire in an eternal reign of ice and storm. Ordren Stennist Academe, Kartool |
Book Three: And All the Shores Between
| Epigraph |
He stands watching the Chosen on the wall Derak Ranathaj |
Epilogue
Trivia
- PS Publishing produced the book as a limited edition slipcased two volume set with separate covers.
Cover gallery
