I read this book 4 or 5 months ago. It's the second book in the Malazan series. This book is okay, but not as good as the first book in the series. Like the first book, there is a lot of jumping around between different storylines (which I don't mind). Some of the storylines in this book are very good, and others are boring. My favorite storyline in this book is one with a warrior, a priest-wizard and a young girl. What I would call the main storyline was lackluster.