Book description
After decades of warfare, the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last
united under the rule of the Warlock King. But peace has been exacted
at a terrible price - a pact made with a hidden power whose motives
are at best suspect, at worst deadly.
To the south, the expansionist kingdom of Lether has devoured all of
its less-civilised neighbours with rapacious hunger. All save one -
the Tiste Edur. But Lether is approaching a long-prophesied
renaissance - from kingdom and lost colony to Empire reborn - and has
fixed its gaze on the rich lands of the Tiste Edur. It seems
inevitable that the tribes will surrender, either to the suffocating
weight of gold, or to slaughter at the edge of a sword. Or so Destiny
has decreed.
A pivotal treaty between the two sides nears - but unknown ancient
forces are awakening. For the impending struggle between these two
peoples is but a pale reflection of an altogether more profound,
primal battle - a confrontation with the still-raw wound of betrayal
and the craving for vengeance at its heart. War and confrontation,
magic and myth collide in this, the stunning fifth chapter in Steven
Erikson's magnificent 'Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence, hailed as
an epic of the imagination and a fantasy classic in the making.
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
