Book description
The Seven Cities Rebellion is over, Sha'ik is dead, but a last rebel
force remains, holed up in the city of Y'Ghatan under the fanatical
command of Leoman of the Flails. The prospect of laying siege to this
ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malaz 14th Army uneasy - for it
was here that the Empire's greatest champion Dassem Ultor was slain and
a tide of Malazan blood spilled... But agents of a far greater conflict
have made their opening moves. The Crippled God has been granted a place
in the pantheon, a schism threatens, sides must be chosen but whatever
each god decides, the rules have changed - and the first blood spilled
will be in the mortal world: a world in which a host of characters,
familiar and new, search for a fate that they might fashion by their own
will. If only the gods would leave them alone. But gods are disinclined
to be kind. There shall be war, war in the heavens. And the prize?
Nothing less than existence itself... 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'. 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
