Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 2) by Steven Erikson

Kalam and Fiddler are escorting Apsalar\Sorry and Crokus back to her home but they have a secret mission to kill Empress Laseen. At the same time the Seven Cities rebel and the useless idiot who is High Fist of the Seven Cities calls back his armies abandoning the Malazan citizens. Only one Fist ignores him and tries to lead his army and thousands of refugees to safety he is Coltaine the Wickan Warlord. And Felisin Paran (Captain Ganoes Paran’s youngest sister) betrayed by her sister into slavery struggles to survive escape and get revenge on her sister.

I liked this book more then the first book the story seemed to flow better even though at times (especially at the beginning of the book) it could be tedious. I was annoyed at the beginning of the book because my favourite characters from the fist book were not in it. But there were some great bits in it I think when Coltaine tries to reward the sappers is one of my favourite parts of any book. Felisin irritated me as I really liked her at the beginning of the book but grew to despise her as the story progressed, though by the end of the book I was starting to like her again. I did feel that Erikson went a bit over the top killing off main characters. But on the whole I enjoyed the book.