The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen #1) by Steven Erikson

On Friday's I take part in three weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by Freda's Voice, and Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader.  For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader. 

Happy Friday everyone!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my current Trope-ical Readathon reads, Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen #1) by Steven Erikson.  I've heard a lot of great things about this one and I'm hoping it ends up being as good as it looks!

Beginning: 

The stains of rust seemed to map blood seas on the black, pocked surface of Mock's Vane.

56:

With the coming of the Moranth

the tide turned.

And like ships in a harbor

the Free Cities were swept under 

Imperial seas.

The war entered its twelfth year,

the Year of the Shattered Moon

and its sudden spawn 

of deathly rain and 

black-winged promise.

Two cities remained to contest

the Malazan onslaught.

One stalwart, proud banners

beneath Dark's powerful wing.

The other divided-

-without an army,

bereft of allies-

The strong city fell first.

Call To Shadow

Felisin (B. 1146)

What are you reading this week?  Have you read this book?  Are you taking part in this readathon?   As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!