Book description
Weakened by events in Darujhistan, the Malazan Empire teeters on the
brink of anarchy. In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy
Desert Raraku, the seer Sha'ik gathers an army around her in
preparation for the long-prophesied uprising named the Whirlwind.
Unprecedented in its size and savagery, it will embroil in one of the
bloodiest conflicts it has ever known: a maelstrom of fanaticism and
bloodlust that will shape destinies and give birth to legends...
In the Otataral mines, Felisin, youngest daughter of the disgraced
House of Paran, dreams of revenge against the sister who sentenced her
to a life of slavery. Escape leads her to raraku, where her soul will
be reborn and her future made clear. The now-outlawed Bridgeburners,
Fiddler and the assassin Kalam, have vowed to return the once
god-possessed Apsalar to her homeland, and to confront and kill the
Empress Laseen, but events will overtake them too. Meanwhile,
Coltaine, the charismatic commander of the Malaz 7th Army, will lead
his battered, war-weary troops in a last, valient running battle to
save the lives of thirty thousand refugees and, in so doing, secure an
illustrious place in the Empire's chequered history. And into this
blighted land come two ancient wanderers, Mappo and his half-Jaghut
companion Icarium, bearers of a devastating secret that threatens to
break free of its chains...
Set in a brilliantly-realized world ravaged by anarchy and dark,
uncontrollable magic, Deadhouse Gates is the thrilling, brutal second
chapter in the Malazan Book of the Fallen. A powerful novel of war,
intrigue and betrayal, it confirms Steven Erikson as a storyteller of
breathtaking skill, imagination and originality - a new master of epic fantasy.
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 hist 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
