The God is Not Willing
core novel 2021 Malazan
Record
| First published | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.59 (5,651 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 496 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765323590 |
Synopsis
The first novel in Steven Erikson's Tales of Witness trilogy is set roughly a decade after the events of The Crippled God, in the Silver Lake region of northern Genabackis. There, old tensions between colonial settlers and the native Teblor tribes -- a legacy of history tied to Karsa Orlong -- have never fully cooled. The arrival of a Malazan marine company under Lieutenant Pores unsettles this fragile peace further, drawing the small garrison into the mounting unrest between settlers and Teblor as ancient grievances and stirring powers threaten to reignite old conflicts. Rather than a full-scale war, the novel follows this company-level presence as it becomes entangled in a regional crisis whose roots reach back into the Teblor's own history and beliefs.
Where it sits
- Universe: Malazan
- Series: Tales of Witness core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Steven Erikson
Notes
- From the series record (Tales of Witness): Restructured July 2024 from trilogy to four books; Legacies of Betrayal slated Oct 2026.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Tales of Witness: position 1 of 2: next No Life Forsaken (2025)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Erikson
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Is_Not_Willing
- https://malazan.fandom.com/wiki/The_God_is_Not_Willing
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