Crack'd Pot Trail
By Steven Erikson
- Release Date: 2011-09-13
- Genre: Epic Fantasy
Description
It is an undeniable truth: give evil a name and everyone's happy. Give it two names and…why, they're even happier.
Intrepid necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, scourges of civilization, raisers of the dead, reapers of the souls of the living, devourers of hope, betrayers of faith, slayers of the innocent, and modest personifications of evil, have a lot to answer for and answer they will. Known as the Nehemoth, they are pursued by countless self-professed defenders of decency, sanity, and civilization. After all, since when does evil thrive unchallenged? Well, often—but not this time.
Hot on their heels are the Nehemothanai, avowed hunters of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. In the company of a gaggle of artists and pilgrims, stalwart Mortal Sword Tulgord Vise, pious Well Knight Arpo Relent, stern Huntsman Steck Marynd, and three of the redoubtable Chanter brothers (and their lone sister) find themselves faced with the cruelest of choices. The legendary Crack'd Pot Trail, a stretch of harsh wasteland between the Gates of Nowhere and the Shrine of the Indifferent God, has become a tortured path of deprivation.
Will honor, moral probity, and virtue prove champions in the face of brutal necessity? No, of course not. Don't be silly.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Reviews
Horrendous
1By stupid_required_nicknameI read and enjoyed both all of the Malazan Book of the Fallen books, and the all of the previous Bauchelain and Korbal Broach books. But this book is so bad that I can't finish it. It starts off with pages and pages and pages and pages of boring descriptions of boring characters, on a boring journey. I'm sure he thought he was being clever. I can see the start of some sort of mocking of the people who review artists (no doubt people like me in this particular review). But in this case, all that resulted was a horribly boring book with stilted writing, hateful characters, and nothing even remotely resembling a single interesting occurance. Quite simply, this is easily the worst book I have tried to read in at least the last 5 years. Do yourself a favor and skip this. Don't let his otherwise fine track record as an author fool you. If there was a way to demand compensation for the "pain and suffering" inflicted by trying to read this boring book, I would ask for it. If there was a way to get my money back for this travesty, I would. As someone who has been a fan of Erikson's up to this point and who has bought every other book he published, I cannot say how horribly disapointed I am in this. Again, all I can say is "Do NOT buy this".
