See buying choices for this item to see if it's one of the millions that are eligible for Amazon Prime.

17 used & new from $32.50

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
Blood Follows: A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
 
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here.
 
  

Blood Follows: A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach (Hardcover)

by Steven Erikson (Author), Mike Dringenberg (Author) "THE BELLS PEELED ACROSS THE LAMENTABLE CITY OF Moll, clamouring along the crooked, narrow alleys, and buffeting the dawn-risers hurriedly laying out their wares in..." (more)
Key Phrases: Mister Reese, Stul Ophan, Korbal Broach (more...)
3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)


Available from these sellers.


7 new from $41.98 9 used from $32.50 1 collectible from $55.00
Also Available in: List Price: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover 3 used & new from $322.00
Paperback 6 used & new from $28.99

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Healthy Dead: A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

The Healthy Dead: A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

by Steven Erikson
Night of Knives: A Novel of the Malazan Empire

Night of Knives: A Novel of the Malazan Empire

by Ian C. Esslemont
4.1 out of 5 stars (22)  $17.13
The Lees of Laughter's End - A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

The Lees of Laughter's End - A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach

by Steven Erikson
Return of the Crimson Guard (Malazan Empire 2)

Return of the Crimson Guard (Malazan Empire 2)

by Ian C. Esslemont
The Lees of Laughter's End

The Lees of Laughter's End

by Steven Erikson
$16.50
Explore similar items

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
All is not well in Lamentable Moll. A sinister, diabolical killer stalks the port city's narrow, barrow-humped streets, and panic grips the citizens like a fever. Emancipor Reese is no exception, and indeed, with his legendary ill luck, it's worse for him than for most. Not only was his previous employer the unknown killer's latest victim, but Emancipor is out of work. And, with his dearest wife terminally comfortable with the manner of life to which she asserts she has become accustomed (or at least to which she aspires) -- for her and their two whelps -- all other terrors grow limp and pale for poor Emancipor. But perhaps his luck has finally changed, for two strangers have come to Lamentable Moll... and they have nailed to the centre post in Fishmonger's Round a note requesting the services of a manservant. This is surely a remarkable opportunity for the hapless Emancipor Reese... no matter that the note reeks with death-warded magic; no matter that the barrow ghosts themselves howl with fear every night; and certainly no matter that Lamentable Moll itself is about to erupt in a frenzy of terror-inspired anarchy.... After all, it's work... and working is better than not working. Isn't it? First in a series of novellas taking place in the Malazan Empire.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 125 pages
  • Publisher: Night Shade Books; First American Edition, 1st Printing edition (June 8, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 159780004X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1597800044
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #531,405 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in this category: (What's this?)

    #30 in  Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Authors, A-Z > ( E ) > Erikson, Steven

Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
THE BELLS PEELED ACROSS THE LAMENTABLE CITY OF Moll, clamouring along the crooked, narrow alleys, and buffeting the dawn-risers hurriedly laying out their wares in the market rounds. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mister Reese, Stul Ophan, Korbal Broach, Lamentable Moll, Mortal Sword, Blood Follows, Sergeant Guld, Tulgord Vise, Blather Roe, Emancipor Reese, Hood's Breath, Hood's Herald, Princess Sharn, Fishmonger's Round, King Seljure, Lordson Hoom, Lordson Hoorn, Merchant Baltro, Steck Marynd, Steven Erikson, Mercy Blackpug
New!
Concordance | Text Stats
Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Search Inside This Book:


What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?


Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below.
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
Help others find this product — tag it for Amazon search
No one has tagged this product for Amazon search yet. Why not be the first to suggest a search for which it should appear?

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

 

Customer Reviews

15 Reviews
5 star:
 (2)
4 star:
 (8)
3 star:
 (3)
2 star:
 (2)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
3.7 out of 5 stars (15 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Staggeringly expensive short story, but enjoyable, January 9, 2007
By Woofdog (Miami) - See all my reviews
So you are addicted to the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, and have read all 6 published novels to date (up through the Bonehunters at present), even ordering the 5th and 6th used or from canada or the UK rather than wait, and now you have read them all and other authors just don't seem as interesting....then you notice these two 'short novels' about the necromancers from Memories of Ice (i think), Bauchelain and Korbal Broach....

1) these short novels are around 110-20 pages each, but that is only half the story. typeface is larger, the books themselves are quite small, and you end up with only 27 lines per page versus 37-38 avg in the larger books, and somewhat less letters per line to boot. I bet if reduced to the more narrow typeface of the main novels, these would be less than 75 pages each. These are short stories, and they go quite quickly.

2) you are going to pay for these short stories - even at the amazon price (34 bucks for both) you are paying more than you would for the first 4 in paperback, and we are talking about maybe 2500-3000 pages of story there versus a converted equivalent of maybe 150 in BOTH of these.

3) you are going to finish them FAST, as in a couple of hours.

all that considered, they are entertaining for what they are, with Blood Follows being the backstory on the origin of Emancipor Reese and how he came to be in the employ of the necromancers. There is a sub-plot involving their doings in the city of Moll, with some focus on a character leading the investigation of the murders by (surprise) Korbal Broach.

I did not include price in my star rating, but it is worth considering how annoyed you will be when you see the size of what you are buying.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars quality not quantity, March 30, 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: Blood Follows (Hardcover)
If you have read Steven Erikson Books of the fallen you will love this account of his two anti-heroes involved of murder and magic of the worst kind. If you are not acclimatised to Erikson then you will probably find it an amusing if slightly bizarre/disturbing short story. This book was a signed limited edition and I was lucky to get hold off it but I believe that a limited edition reprint (of the paper back) is coming up May '04 so if you want to read this I would strongly recommend pre-ordering.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Would have preferred a novel, September 3, 2005
By M. Painter (LA, CA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This novella is a nice little story, but common to Erikson's style in that it takes a while to really get going. By the time he's really gotten things to a point where the reader is engrossed, the novella is almost over. Still, an excellent work of fantasy, and a fun diversion whilst waiting for the next Malazan book.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader
Battleaxe perhaps better than necromancy.


When a man, whom we discover later is an old veteran, has something unfortunate happen to a previous employer he has... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Blue Tyson

5.0 out of 5 stars Bloodchillingly brilliant
Superb storytelling which sucks you in in the first page and actually makes you feel sorry for the manservant but almost jealous at the same time. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Jon

4.0 out of 5 stars Blood Fellows
As a big fan of Steven Erikson's work I was very interested to try his novella Blood Follows: A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. Read more
Published on May 23, 2007 by Robert B. Smith

4.0 out of 5 stars Good little break.
If you enjoy Erikson's main series this little, and I mean little, novel will only wet you appetite for more of Erikson's writing. Read more
Published on March 26, 2007 by J. Clark

3.0 out of 5 stars entertaining but not up to standard
while this novela was well written and entertaining it lacked a lot of what the malazan series gives the reader. Read more
Published on November 4, 2006 by I. D. Selth

4.0 out of 5 stars Another minor, fun diversion from the greater goings-on.
Steven Erikson, Blood Follows: A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach (Night Shade Books, 2005)

Discerning readers of martial fantasy-- that stuff that focuses more... Read more
Published on June 28, 2006 by Robert P. Beveridge

2.0 out of 5 stars Gritty setting, but incomplete story.
Steven Erikson's epic series _Malazan Book of the Fallen_ features perhaps the most detailed epic fantasy setting ever put to paper. Read more
Published on May 16, 2006 by Scott Andrews

3.0 out of 5 stars Blood Follows - don't pay full price
I was thrilled when I realized there were extraneous books about Bauch and Broach as I find them creepy and amusing at the same time within the original series (which I love). Read more
Published on May 3, 2006 by Lisa A. Waldron

4.0 out of 5 stars good...but it doesn't really do too much

Steven Erikson's series "The Malazan Book of the Fallen" is widely considered one of today's Great Fantasy Series and he is often listed at or near the top of the list of... Read more
Published on November 28, 2005 by Joe Sherry

4.0 out of 5 stars A must for Malazan Fans
Blood Follows is a must read for fans of the Malazan World created by Erikson and Esslemont.

The only drawback to this novella is that it is ... Read more
Published on November 8, 2005 by werewolfv2

Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
New! See all customer communities, and bookmark your communities to keep track of them.
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


Active discussions in related forums
   


Product Information from the Amapedia Community

Beta (What's this?)



Look for Similar Items by Category


Sephora: Free Shipping

Sephora Brand Color Play Palette
Get free shipping on Sephora orders of $50 or more. Shop What's New, Sephora Exclusives, and Bare Escentuals Exclusives right here. Plus, shop Sephora's 75% off Sale and get free shipping on all Bare Escentuals starter kits for a limited time only.

Shop Sephora now

 

Big Savings in Books

Bargain Books
Find great titles at fantastic prices in our Bargain Books Store.
 

Buy Three Books, Get a Fourth Free

4-for-3 Books
Order any four eligible books under $10 and get the lowest-price book free in our 4-for-3 Books Store. See more details.
 

Up To 50% Off Makeup Brands

Stila Gift of Glaze
Get up to 50% off makeup from Avon, Lancome, Estee Lauder, and more.

Shop all makeup

 

 

Feedback

If you need help or have a question for Customer Service, contact us.
 Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
Is there any other feedback you would like to provide?

Your comments can help make our site better for everyone.



Where's My Stuff?

Shipping & Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.

Continue shopping: Top Sellers
Paranoia
Paranoia by Joseph Finder
My Soul to Lose
My Soul to Lose by Rachel Vincent
Glenn Beck's Common Sense
Finger Lickin' Fifteen
Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich

Conditions of Use | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates