[PhilD]

Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
The Malazan Empire will have to be powerful in order to be faithful to the concept. It has, after all, conquered 2 continents, and was working on a third at the beginning of the Gardens of the Moon. It should, IMO, be right up there with Pythium in relative strenght.

OK (still reading book 2 - which is much easier to get into than book 1; have ordered the rest from Amazon...)...

You have to think big. Clearly, the Malazan empire has just been bashing some indie provinces, and has not yet encountered real opposition, by the start of Gardens of the Moon.