About the Book
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 flatlands. 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 Malaz 7th Army, is dead. And now Tavore,
eldest sister to Ganoes Paran and Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived
in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of Seven Cities. 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, now 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 sorcerer – 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 this 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.
"This is true myth in the making, a drawing upon fantasy to to recreate histories and legends as rich as any found within our culture" – Interzone
