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world
with fully realized characters and thrilling action'
    Michael A. Stackpole
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MIDNIGHT TIDES
    'Marvellously gripping ... a riveting read, punctuated
as ever with pockets of humour and fantastically
individual characters'
    SFCROWSNEST

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THE BONEHUNTERS
    'I stand slack-jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the
Fallen. This masterwork of the imagination may be
the high watermark of epic fantasy'
    Glen Cook
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REAPER'S GALE
    'Redefining the definition of "epic" ... one of the most
original and engrossing fantasy series of recent times'
    INTERZONE

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NIGHT OF KNIVES
A Novel of the Malazan Empire
By Ian C. Esslemont
    'The first instalment of the shared world that we had both envisioned'
STEVEN ERIKSON
     
    Malaz gave a great empire its name, but now this island and its city amount to little more than a sleepy backwater. Until this night.
    Because this night there is to be a convergence, the once-in-a-generation appearance of a Shadow Moon – an occasion that threatens the good people of Malaz with demon hounds and other, darker things.
    Also it is prophesied that the Emperor Kellanved will return this night, and there are those who would prevent that happening at any cost. As factions within the Empire draw up battle lines, an ancient presence begins its all-out assault upon the island. Witnesses to these cataclysmic events include a thief called Kiska, and Temper, a war-weary veteran. Although they do not know it, they each have a part to play in a confrontation that will determine not only the fate of Malaz City but also of the world beyond ...
    Drawing on events touched on in the prologue of Steven Erikson's landmark fantasy Gardens of the Moon, Night of Knives is a momentous chapter in the unfolding story of the extraordinarily-imagined world of Malaz.
    'A hugely promising start... Esslemont triumphs'
    DEATHRAY
    'Telling a story set largely over just one terrifying night, it pulverizes you with an economy that is rare in fantasy'
    SFX
    'Esslemont handles action and brooding atmosphere equally well'
    STARBURST
    'Fast-paced storytelling ... a clear, enjoyable reading experience'
    SFFWORLD
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ACACIA
BOOK ONE: THE WAR WITH THE MEIN
By David Anthony Durham
     
    Presiding over Acacia, an empire named after the idyllic island from which he rules, Leodan Akaran has inherited a peace and prosperity won long ago by his ancestors.
    He's an intelligent man, a widower who dotes on his four children, and so hides from them a terrible knowledge – that Acacia's prosperity is founded on the trafficking of drugs and human lives. He is also a man of integrity and determines to end this vile trade. But powerful forces stand in his way.
    Then an assassin, sent from the Mein – a race exiled long ago to an ice-locked stronghold in the frozen north – strikes, and the Mein unleash surprise attacks against their old oppressor. Mortally wounded, Leodan puts into play a plan to enable his children to escape, to survive and to fulfil their destinies.
    And so begins an epic quest – to avenge a father's death and restore an empire, this time on the basis of universal freedom.
    'Demonstrates that he is a master of the fantasy epic' Washington Post
    'Entertaining and engaging ... If The War with the Mein is an indication of what is to come in this epic saga, Durham could be making a very big name for himself SFFWORLD
    'Vastly entertaining ... Will good win out over evil? In Durham's morally ambiguous world, the uncertainty is part of the thrill' STRANGEHORIZONS
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DEATH'S HEAD
By David Gunn
    'I was hooked from page two, then hooked, landed, gutted and fried ... Yeah! Starship Troopers meets Schwarzenneger's Commando!'
    NEAL ASHER
     
    Few survive the cage. Fewer still live to face the whipping post. But stubborn, insubordinate son-of-a-bitch Sven Tveskoeg does. As this ex-sergeant in the legion é trangere feels the first lash fall, he sees the desert tribes attack – and watches them slaughter his comrades before his comrades can kill him ...
    Rescued from certain death, Sven joins the tribes. However his ruthless skills have come to the attention of an elite special ops force, the infamous Death's Head.
    They want Sven to help them out with a little 'local difficulty'. He knows he's a pawn in an altogether more dangerous game – and pawns have a habit of being sacrificed. But Sven is nobody's sacrifice. And even a pawn can