#198 in Fantasy
Dust of Dreams
- 1,276
- Pages
- about 23 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Dust of Dreams” is half a book by design: the ninth volume of the “Malazan Book of the Fallen” opens the series finale and stops on a cliffhanger. Some readers find much of it slow, a positioning of characters for what comes next, and some are shaken by its brutality. Its opening is powerful, and Erikson’s abiding theme returns: a human hope that survives disaster.
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About the book
Dust of Dreams is the ninth volume of Canadian author Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series, the Malazan Book of the Fallen. It is the first book in the series to end on a cliffhanger, dealing with the fallout from Reaper's Gale, and forms the first half of the series finale. The Crippled God forms the second half and is the tenth and final novel in the series.
Reading order · Malazan Book of the Fallen
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 279 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 65% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.3 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.0 | 16 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 8.5 | 263 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Dust of Dreams?
It has 1,276 pages — longer than 98% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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