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Book cover for "Gardens of the Moon" by Steven Erikson, showing a dark stone tower atop a jagged cliff beneath a full moon and stormy sky.
Gardens of the Moon

Publication Details

Type: Book
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 1999

Reading Details

Pages: 491
Series: The Malazan Book of the Fallen #1

Reading History

1st read In Progress since July 14, 2026 Lawrence, Kansas (US)

Highlights

First Paragraph:

"Prod and pull,” the old woman was saying, “’tis the way of the Empress, as like the gods themselves.” She leaned to one side and spat, then brought a soiled cloth to her wrinkled lips. “Three husbands and two sons I saw off to war."

Notes/Quotes

pp. 43 - “All they get around here is stories. Stories don’t make you bleed. Stories don’t make you go hungry, don’t give you sore feet. When you’re young and smelling of pigshit and convinced there ain’t a weapon in all the damn world that’s going to hurt you, all stories do is make you want to be part of them.”