Dust of Dreams
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Characters (92)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
Abrastal Queen of Bolkando, the Firehair. Joins the Bonehunter and Perish march east with her daughter Felash's intelligence. | Supporting |
Aranict Letherii Atri-Ceda, junior seer to Brys Beddict who becomes his lover and later wife. Debuts as an awkward, chain-smoking newcomer at the Letheras court. | Supporting |
Badalle A child poet among the Snake - a long column of refugee children crossing the Glass Desert toward Kolanse. Badalle's poems give voice to the suffering and endurance of children abandoned by the adult world. | Supporting |
Bakal Senan warrior who breaks with the clan's complicity to help Cafal rescue Hetan. | Supporting |
Balm Sergeant of the 9th squad. Dal Honese, prone to wandering attention but a competent commander when it counts. | Supporting |
Banaschar A former priest of D'rek, the Worm of Autumn, who has fallen into alcoholism after the destruction of his temple and the murder of his fellow priests. Banaschar carries knowledge about the machinations of the gods that makes him both valuable and endangered. | Supporting |
Blistig The Fist commanding the Aren garrison. Blistig is a competent officer who finds himself increasingly frustrated by High Fist Pormqual's cowardice and political manoeuvring as the rebellion closes in on the last Malazan stronghold in Seven Cities. | Supporting |
Bottle A young Malazan mage in the 14th Army with an unusual connection to spirits and the natural world. Bottle's magic is instinctive rather than formal, drawing on a talent for communicating with animals and spirits that makes him valuable for reconnaissance. | Minor |
Brayderal Forkrul Assail child disguised among the Snake, a hidden Quitter sent to break Badalle's hold. Expelled when Badalle finally sees her. | Antagonist |
Brevity Letherii ex-prisoner captain among the Shake retreat. Counterpart to Pithy. | Supporting |
Brys Beddict The youngest Beddict brother and the King's Champion - the finest swordsman in Lether. Brys is honourable, devoted to duty, and increasingly troubled by the corruption he sees in the Letherii court and the threat posed by the Tiste Edur. | Major |
Bugg Tehol Beddict's apparently humble manservant, an old man of unassuming appearance who handles the practical details of Tehol's schemes with quiet competence. Bugg's true nature is considerably more than his presentation suggests. | Major |
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Cord Sergeant of the Ashok Regiment, attached to the 14th. Steady veteran with a deeply tested unit. | Minor |
Crump Heavy infantry demolitionist (real name Jamber Bole) attached to the 14th. Famous for rigging too many cussers at Y'Ghatan. | Supporting |
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Deadsmell Hood-touched necromancer in Sergeant Balm's 9th squad. Healer to the dying and reluctant priest of Death. | Supporting |
Draconus The creator of the sword Dragnipur and father of Lady Envy - an Elder God of immense and considered power whose own history with the blade he forged is one of the things the long arc of the Book of the Fallen takes its time to set out. | Minor |
Errastas The Elder God known as the Errant, Master of the Holds. Errastas schemes to reassert the dominance of the Elder Gods over the younger pantheon, manipulating events across continents with the ruthlessness of one who has seen civilisations rise and fall. | Supporting |
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Groups (10)
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Groups in Malazan Book of the Fallen (series) | |
| Circle of Kruppe | Community |
| The Anti-Malazan Alliance | Organisation |
| The Bonehunters | Faction |
| The Bridgeburners | Faction |
| The Claw | Organisation |
| The Malazan Empire | Organisation |
| The Realm of Shadow | Faction |
| The T'lan Imass | Faction |
| The T'orrud Cabal | Organisation |
| Tiste Andii | Faction |
History
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
16 March 2009 | Publication | Dust of Dreams was reviewed with the understanding that it formed the first half of a single concluding narrative, a context that shaped critical reception significantly. Reviewers generally acknowledged that judging it independently was beside the point - the novel's purpose was accumulation and preparation rather than resolution, and it delivered both with the density expected of the series at this stage. The Bonehunters' march into the Wastelands was praised for its atmosphere and its willingness to sustain ambiguity about the mission's purpose and outcome. Several character arcs reached significant moments that reviewers noted without discussing in detail given the spoiler sensitivity of a penultimate volume. The consensus was that Dust of Dreams did what it needed to do: position the pieces for a conclusion a decade in the making. |
Publication16 March 2009
Dust of Dreams was reviewed with the understanding that it formed the first half of a single concluding narrative, a context that shaped critical reception significantly. Reviewers generally acknowledged that judging it independently was beside the point - the novel's purpose was accumulation and preparation rather than resolution, and it delivered both with the density expected of the series at this stage. The Bonehunters' march into the Wastelands was praised for its atmosphere and its willingness to sustain ambiguity about the mission's purpose and outcome. Several character arcs reached significant moments that reviewers noted without discussing in detail given the spoiler sensitivity of a penultimate volume. The consensus was that Dust of Dreams did what it needed to do: position the pieces for a conclusion a decade in the making.