The God Is Not Willing
- Published
- 1 July 2021
- Pages
- 688
- ISBN-13
- 9781466881204
- Type
- novel
About this book
Steven Erikson returned to the Malazan world with The God Is Not Willing (July 2021), a substantial 688-page novel set years after The Crippled God, following Karsa Orlong as a new threat gathers around Silver Lake in the fractured settlements of the north.
Key facts about The God Is Not Willing
The God Is Not Willing is a novel by Steven Erikson. Readers have had it since 1 July 2021. It runs to 688 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The God Is Not Willing. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781466881204 to find the main one.
The God Is Not Willing is book 1 of 2 in The Tales of Witness series. The series has 2 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. No Life Forsaken is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 23 October 2025.
Additionally, Steven Erikson writes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach and The Kharkanas Trilogy, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our epic fantasy and science fiction shelves. Meanwhile, No Life Forsaken is the latest published Steven Erikson book on file, from 23 October 2025.
About Steven Erikson
Steven Erikson is the pen name of Canadian author Steve Rune Lundin, a trained archaeologist and anthropologist whose academic background directly shaped his approach to epic fantasy. He is best known for the Malazan Book of the Fallen, a ten-volume series co-developed with collaborator Ian Cameron Esslemont from a shared tabletop role-playing campaign, beginning with Gardens of the Moon in 1999. See every Steven Erikson book in order.
Its place in The Tales of Witness
The God Is Not Willing is book 1 in the The Tales of Witness series. It is followed by No Life Forsaken. See the full The Tales of Witness reading order.
The Tales of Witness returns Steven Erikson to the Malazan world for a story set after the events of the original ten-book Malazan Book of the Fallen, centred on the city of Lether and the fallout of empire, faith and grief in the sequence's aftermath. The God Is Not Willing (2021) picks up years after The Crippled God, following Karsa Orlong -- one of Malazan's most towering figures -- as a new threat gathers around Silver Lake and the increasingly fractured settlements of the north, while a cast including…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781466881204