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"You cannot be remade unless you are first broken."



Steven Erikson is not content to stay in the world we became immersed in during the first book of this series. Instead, in Deadhouse Gates, his characters are on the march through new places with even grimmer situations than before. It sometimes feels like they are stuck on a really bad road trip with mayhem and death at every turn (and some heart-wrenching deaths at that). Despite that, this is neither simplistic nor a glorification of violence. Deadhouse Gates presents a multi-layered story in the context of a history that is still writing itself out in the backdrop of both new and ancient civilizations. Am I hooked? I am certainly intrigued and will be be continuing the series with the next book, Memories of Ice. At some point as well, I'll be rereading this and perhaps understanding some of what I missed.