Steven Erikson and The Healthy Dead

Within the pages of Steven Erikson's The First Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach you will find a brilliant novella called The Healthy Dead. Erikson is a marvelous writer. His multilayered fantasy novels contain breathless depth and dizzying intricacy.

The Healthy Dead contains something far more important than fascinating characters, panoramic landscapes, and overlapping plots. It contains social relevance. "Through the morally devoid, clearly murderous, and undoubtedly monstrous necromancers, Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, Erikson gives voice to the dangers of fundamentalist belief."

I highly recommend Collected Tales if for no other reason than The Healthy Dead. My full review of The First Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach can be found online at The British Fantasy Society.