A Malazan Book of the Fallen Collection 3

of Kartool City
    Shal-Morzinn: an empire southwest of Nemil
    Tramara: extinct city, Seven Cities
    Trebur: extinct city, Seven Cities (City of Domes)
    Ugarat: a city in Seven Cities
    Vedanik: a tribe of the Thalas Mountains, Seven Cities
    Vinith: extinct city, Seven Cities
    Vithan Taur: extinct city of the First Empire, Seven Cities
    Y'Ghatan: a city of Seven Cities
 
TERMS
    Aptorian: a species of demon native to the Shadow Realm
    Ashok Regiment: old regiment, now in the Fourteenth
Army
    Atri-Preda: equivalent of Commander or Fist among the
Letherii
    Avower: term for Royal Torturer in Ugarat
    Azalan: a species of demon native to the Shadow Realm
    Bhederin: a large semi-domesticated or wild ungulate
    Black Glove (The): a secret cult within the Claw
    Blackwood: a rare seaworthy wood
    Bloodwood: a rare wood used by the Tiste Edur
    Bokh'aral: a small rock-dwelling ape
    Bonecaster: T'lan Imass term for a shaman of their kind
    Capemoth: a large scavenging insect of Seven Cities
    Carelbarra: a honey also known as the God Bringer for its
hallucinogenic qualities
    Carrier: a vector for plague
    Chigger fleas: a wind-borne insect of Seven Cities
    Child Death Song: a Seti rite of passage into adulthood
involving ritual burial
    Coraval: a type of fish, the primary harvest around Malaz
Island
    D'bayang: an opiate
    D'ivers: a form of shape-shifting into multiple animals
    Demidrek: a high priest or priestess of D'rek
    Destriant: a mortal representative for a particular faith
    Dinal: a species of demon in the Shadow Realm
    Drake: a Tanno pilgrim ship
    Dromon: a warship
    Eleint: another term for pure-blood dragons
    Enkar'al: a large predator of Seven Cities (now extinct)
    Eraga: a breed of cattle thought to be extinct on Seven
Cities
    Escura: a plant used to kill chigger fleas
    Goldfinch: a tree native to Seven Cities
    Gothar flower: used as a bleaching agent
    Grey Helms: a military religious order
    Imbrules: an unspecified animal native to Starvald
Demelain
    Jhistal: a high priest of an Elder God who employs human
blood in ritual magic (Elder equivalent of Destriant)
    Kethra knife: a large wide-bladed knife from Seven Cities
    Long-tails: another name for K'Chain Che'Malle
    Luthuras: an unspecified animal native to Starvald
Demelain
    Maethgara: Y'Ghanii name for buildings used to store olive
oil
    Mahybe: ancient term meaning vessel (now known as
Mhybe among the Rhivi)
    Meer-rat: a reptilian rodent
    Mortal Sword: a martial champion to a god
    Nameless Ones (The): an ancient cult devoted to the
Azath Houses
    Obsidian Throne: traditional seat of power of Bluerose
    Onyx Wizards/Council: traditional rulers in Bluerose
    Paralt: the name for a spider and a snake, both venomous
(also the name for the poison itself)
    Preda: Letherii equivalent to Captain
    Purlith: a species of bat native to Starvald Demelain
    Rhizan: a small winged, insectivorous reptile
    Shield Anvil: mortal repository for the fallen (dead), sworn
to a particular god
    Short-Tails: another name for K'Chain Nah'ruk
    Soletaken: shape-shifting
    Stantars: an unspecified animal native to Starvald
Demelain
    Stormriders: an ocean-dwelling species
    Stormwall: a barrier to the predations of the Stormriders
on Korel
    Surveyants: a maker of maps among the Trygalle Trade
Guild
    Telaba: a traditional outer garment worn in Seven Cities
    T'rolbarahl: an ancient form of D'ivers from the period of
the First Empire
    Thrones of War: name for the war catamarans used by the
Perish
    Trell Wars (The): wars of genocide against the Trell
conducted by the Nemil
    Troughs: a board game popular among Malazans
    Verdith'anath: The Bridge of Death (Jaghut underworld)
    Watcher: a Tiste Andii agent hidden among the Tiste Edur
of the Lether Continent
    Whispers (The): voices of guidance in the cult of Sha'ik
Reborn

STEVEN ERIKSON'S EPIC FANTASY
SEQUENCE CONTINUES IN
REAPER'S GALE
    published by Bantam Press. Here's
the Prologue as a taster ...
     
    The Elder Warren of Kurald Emurlahn
The Age of Sundering
     
    In a landscape torn with grief, the carcasses of six dragons lay
strewn in a ragged row reaching a thousand or more paces
across the plain, flesh split apart, broken bones jutting, jaws
gaping and eyes brittle-dry. Where their blood had spilled
out onto the ground wraiths had gathered like flies to sap
and were now ensnared, the ghosts writhing and voicing
hollow cries of despair, as the blood darkened, fusing with
the lifeless soil, and, when at last the substance grew
indurate, hardening into glassy stone,