Book description
In Northern Genabackis, just before the events recounted in GARDENS
OF THE MOON, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from
the mountains into the southern flat lands. Their intention is to
wreak havoc among the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa
Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove an extraordinary
destiny.
Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs.
Coltaine, revered commander of the Malazan 7th Army is dead. And now
Tavore, elder sister of Ganoes Paran and Adjunct to the Empress, has
arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of the Seven Cities
to take charge. Untested and new to command, she must hone a small
army of twelve thousand soldiers, mostly raw recruits, into a viable
fighting force and lead them into battle against the massed hordes of
Sha'ik's Whirlwind. Her only hope lies in resurrecting the shattered
faith of the few remaining survivors from Coltaine's legendary march,
veterans one and all.
In distant Raraku, in the heart of the Holy Desert, the seer Sha'ik
waits with her rebel army. But waiting is never easy. Her disparate
collection of warlords - tribal chiefs, High Mages, a renegade Malazan
Fist and his sorceror - is locked in a vicious power struggle that
threatens to tear the rebellion apart from within. And Sha'ik herself
suffers, haunted by the private knowledge of her nemesis, Tavore...her
own sister.
So begins the awesome new chapter in Steven Erikson's MALAZAN BOOK
OF THE FALLEN - an epic novel of war, intrigue, magic and betrayal
from a writer regarded as one of the most original, imaginative and
exciting storytellers in fantasy today.
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
