No Life Forsaken

Witness, Book 2

By: Steven Erikson

Narrated by: Emma Gregory

New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson continues his beloved Malazan Book of the Fallen—the iconic epic fantasy series that has sold more than 1.5 million copies—with the second book in the thrilling Witness sequel series.

Return to the Malazan Empire!

A goddess awakens to a new world in the second thrilling book in the Witness series, continuing the iconic saga of the Malazan Book of the Fallen

Amidst the ashes of a failed rebellion in Seven Cities, new embers are flaring to life. There are furrowed brows at the beleaguered Malazan Legion headquarters in G’danisban, for it would appear that yet another bloody clash with the revived cult of the Apocalyptic is coming to a head.

Seeking to crush the uprising before it ignites the entire subcontinent, Fist Arenfall has only a few dozen squads of marines at his disposal, and many of those are already dispersed—endeavoring to stamp out multiple brush-fires of dissent. His soldiers are exhausted, worn down by the grind of a simmering insurrection. The last thing Arenfall needs is the arrival of the new Adjunct, fresh from the capital and the Emperor’s side.

The man's mission may be to lend support to Arenfall’s efforts . . . or stick a knife in his back. 'Twas ever thus, of course. That a popular commander should inevitably be seen as a threat to the Emperor—such is the fatal nature of imperial Malazan politics.

And what of the gods? Well, as recent history has proved, their solution to any mortal mess is to make it even messier. In other words, it's just another tumultuous day in the checkered history of the Malazan Empire.

©2025 by Steven Erikson. (P)2025 Penguin Audio, all rights reserved.

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there are many mispronunciations. some bad voices and a marine who sounds like luanne from king of the hill

Amazing!

Thank you very much for a great voiceover to an amazing book! It's a great stand along in a much greater overall collection.

Good book

The narrator's whispering is to low followed by loud talking then whispering to low. Narrator skill is good, difference in volume from character to character is my only gripe

Poor sound engineer

I have listen to all of the Malazan books. This is the first audio book where the constant shift from voice actor’s whisper to her yelling is jarring. One moment I can’t hear what she is saying so I have to go back raise the volume to my ear drum getting blown out 15 seconds later. When she uses her narrative voice is clear perfect volume. But the moment she shift to certain characters voice can hardly hear her or way to loud. Please have the sound engineer go back and fix this.. how can this pass as a finish product.

Great read!!

Yet another excellent tale of the Malazan Empire! This addition to the Witness trilogy did not disappoint.