House of Chains is the 4th Book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen Series. her own sister..
And Sha\'ik herself suffers, haunted by the private knowledge of her nemesis, Tavore...
Her disparate collection of warlords - tribal chiefs, High Mages, a renegade Malazan Fist and his sorceror - is locked in a vicious power struggle that threatens to tear the rebellion apart from within.
But waiting is never easy.
In distant Raraku, in the heart of the Holy Desert, the seer Sha\'ik waits with her rebel army.
Her only hope lies in resurrecting the shattered faith of the few remaining survivors from Coltaine\'s legendary march, veterans one and all.
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.
And now Tavore, elder sister of Ganoes Paran and Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of the Seven Cities to take charge.
Coltaine, revered commander of the Malazan 7th Army is dead.
Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs.
But for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove an extraordinary destiny.
Their intention is to wreak havoc among the despised lowlanders.
In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flat lands.
House of Chains is the 4th Book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen Series
