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Deadhouse Gates

943 pages 2000 Epic Fantasy, Dark Fantasy 🌶️ Clean Standalone
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The Vibe

The Chain of Dogs — a death march across a desert continent protecting 40,000 refugees from an uprising. Coltaine leads them, and his story becomes one of the most devastating arcs in all of fantasy. Book 2 of Malazan is where readers fall in love or fall apart. Usually both.

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Clean — pure war epic.

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Is This Book for You?

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Ending: Devastating
Pacing: Builds to crushing climax

What This Book Feels Like

Moods: Devastating Epic Brutal Emotional

Tropes: Chain of Dogs Desert March Convergence Military Fantasy

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Chain of Dogs really that good?

Widely considered one of the greatest sequences in fantasy literature.

Why does it have different characters?

Malazan switches continents and casts — this is parallel to book 1.

Will I cry?

The ending of the Chain of Dogs has made grown adults weep openly.

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