Book description
The Bonehunters are marching to Kolanse, and to an unknown fate.
Tormented and exhausted, they are an army on the brink of mutiny. But
Adjunct Tavore will not relent. If she can hold her forces together,
if the fragile alliances she has forged can survive and if it is
within her power, one final act remains. For Tavore Paran means to
challenge the gods.
Ranged against Tavore and her allies are formidable foes. The Fokrul
Assail are drawing upon a terrible power; their desire is to cleanse
the world - to eradicate every civilization, to annihilate every human
- in order to begin anew. The Elder Gods, too, are seeking to return.
And to do so, they will shatter the chains that bind a force of utter
devastation and release her from her eternal prison. It seems that,
once more, there will be dragons in the world.
And in Kurald Galain, where the once-lost city of Kharkanas has been
found, thousands have gathered upon the First Shore. Commanded by
Yedan Derryg, they await the coming of the Tiste Liosan. Are they
truly ready to die in the name of an empty city and a queen with no subjects?
In every world there comes a time when choice is no longer an option
- a moment when the soul is laid bare and there is nowhere left to
turn. And when this last hard truth is faced, when compassion is a
virtue on its knees, what is there left to do?Now that time is come -
now is the moment to proclaim your defiance and make a stand...
And so begins the final cataclysmic chapter in Steven Erikson's
extraordinary, genre-defining 'Malazan Book of the Fallen'.
Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson's debut fantasy
novel,
Gardens of the Moon
, was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and introduced fantasy
readers to his epic 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence, which has
been hailed 'a masterwork of the imagination'.
This River Awakens
was his first novel, and originally published under the name Steve
Lundin. Having lived in Cornwall for a number of years, Steve will be
returning to Canada in late summer 2012. To find out more, visit
www.
malazanempire. com
and
www. stevenerikson. com
