House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen Book 4) by Steven Erikson

Karsa Orlong is determined to bring back the glory of the past to the Teblor and their gods. So without the blessing of his people he and two companions set out to win glory and as his peoples blessing says kill a thousand children. But on his journey Karsa learns the reality of the world and the truth about his gods. In continuation of previous story lines Adjunct Tavore and her army set out to attack Sha’ik’s rebellion. And as Sha’ik waits for the Malazan’s to arrive she must hope her forces survive the plotting among her advisors long enough to win the battle.

This is the book in the series that finally enthralled me in the story. The Karsa story was great and as he lost his pompousness he became one of my favourite characters out of any series. My main problem was that I was not really interested in most of the characters in Sha’ik’s camp. But I loved the parts featuring Fiddler and the Malazan soldiers.