The penultimate book in the acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy series

On the Letherii continent the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen.

‘Erikson is . . . a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics’ SALON.COM

In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the penultimate chapter in Steven Erikson’s game-changing The Malazan Book of the Fallen begins . . .

In war everyone loses. This brutal truth can be seen in the eyes of every soldier in every world . . .

On Letherii, the exiled Malazan army prepares to march into the eastern Wastelands to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen. The fate that lies in wait for the Bonehunters is one no soldier can prepare for, and no mortal soul can withstand. Their foe is uncertainty, and stubborn courage the only weapon worth wielding.

They are resolved to make a defiant and heroic last stand in the name of redemption but can deeds be heroic when no one is there to witness them? And can that which is not witnessed change the world?

Destinies are rarely simple, truths never clear. The only certainty is that time is on no-one's side – for the Deck of Dragons has been read, unleashing a power that none can comprehend . . .

‘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’
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