A Malazan Book of the Fallen Collection 2

recruits but for a handful of Coltaine's veterans – into a force able to take on the unruly legions of the seer Sha'ik that lie in wait in the Holy Desert. But waiting is never easy. With her warlords at each others' throats, Sha'ik is haunted by the knowledge that her nemesis is her own flesh and blood ...
    And so begins this pivotal chapter in one of the most rewarding fantasy series of recent years, Steven Erikson's spectacular Malazan Book of the Fallen.
    'Truly epic in scope, Erikson has no peer when it comes to action and imagination'
SF SITE
    'This is true myth in the making, a drawing upon fantasy to recreate histories and legends as rich as any found within our culture'
INTERZONE
    9780553813135

GARDENS OF THE MOON
    A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
    'Complex, challenging . . . Erikson's strengths are his grown-up characters and his ability to create a world every bit as intricate and messy as our own' J. V. J ONES
    The opening chapter in Steven Erikson's fantasy masterpiece . . .
     
    The Malazan empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, infighting and bloody confrontations with Anomander Rake, Lord of Moon's Spawn, and his Tiste Andii. Even the imperial legions yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Lasseen's rule – enforced by her feared Claw assassins – remains absolute.
    For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving sorceress of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to pause, to mourn the many dead. But the imperial gaze has fallen upon the ancient citadel of Darujhistan. This, the last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet dares to hold out.
    However, the empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces gather as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand . . .
    'Combines a sense of mythic power and depth of world with fully realized characters and thrilling action'
MICHAEL A. STACKPOLE
    'I stand slack-jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. This masterwork ... may be the high watermark of epic fantasy'
GLEN COOK
    9780553812176

DEADHOUSE GATES
    A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
    The second book in Steven Erikson's thrilling epic fantasy series chronicling
    the ill-fated Malazan Empire.
     
    Licking its wounds after the events in Darujhistan, the Malazan Empire now faces unrest in Seven Cities. Too soon, the rumblings of disquiet escalate into a fully-fledged uprising as the long-prophesied rebellion, named the Whirlwind, explodes, drawing the entire subcontinent into the bloodiest conflict the Empire has ever known. It seems that as prophecy and ancient sorcery collide, so is chaos come again.
    As Coltaine, the charismatic commander of the Malaz 7 th Army, fights a valiant, five month-long rear-guard action against the odds in a desperate bid to save the battered remnants of his army and the tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the Whirlwind, so disparate groups of individuals are drawn, in spite of themselves, into this most savage of uprisings. Felisin, Heboric and the silent murderer Baudin are fleeing the horrors of the Otataral mines; Fiddler and the assassin Kalam – once Bridgeburners now outlaws – journey together with Crokus and Apsalar to fulfil their public promise to return Apsalar to her home – and the secret vow to rid the Empire of the evil at its heart. And then come the two ancient wanderers, Mappo and his half-Jaghut companion Icarium, bearers of a devastating secret that is about to break free of its chains . . .
    'Erikson is an extraordinary writer . . . treat yourself S TEPHEN R D ONALDSON
    9780553813111

MIDNIGHT TIDES
    A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
    'A master of long and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics'
    SALON.COM
    After decades of internecine warfare, the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the Warlock King. There is peace – but it 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 rapacious kingdom of Lether, eager to fulfil its long-prophesied role as an empire reborn, has enslaved its less-civilised neighbours. All, that is, save the Tiste Edur. Destiny has decreed that they too must fall – either beneath the suffocating weight of gold, or by slaughter at the edge of a sword. And yet the impending struggle between these two