In this new epic fantasy from Esslemont, the Malazan Empire is quiet until: a scholar stumbles across an ancient sealed vault, a merchant schemes to drive out the remaining Malazan invaders, and the surviving agents of a long-lost power scheme for opportunity.
And what about the ex-Claw of the Malazan Empire who now walks the uttermost edge of creation? His mission--the success or failure of which the Queen of Dreams saw long ago--is destined to shape far more than anyone could have ever imagined..
On an unremarkable island off the coast of Genabackis, a people who had turned their backs upon all such strivings now lift their masked faces towards the mainland and recall the ancient prophesy of a return.
The impact of these events are far reaching, it seems.
For powers from across the world have gathered here, searching for the legendary Throne of Night.
But there he finds far more than he\'d bargained for as the rush to claim the Spawn\'s treasures descends into a mad scramble of chaos and bloodshed.
A Malazan veteran calling himself \'Red\' ventures out to try his luck--and perhaps say goodbye to old friends.
Far to the south, fragments of the titanic Moon\'s Spawn have crashed into the Rivan Sea creating a series of isles...and a fortune hunter\'s dream.
While, as ever at the centre of everything, a thief in a red waistcoat and of rotund proportions walks the streets, juggling in one hand custard pastries, and in the other the fate of the city itself.
And the surviving agents of a long-lost power are stirring, for they sense change and so, opportunity.
The merchant Humble Measure schemes to drive out the remaining Malazan invaders.
A scholar digging in the plains stumbles across an ancient sealed vault.
Yet there are those who will not allow the past to remain buried.
Darujhistan, city of dreams, city of blue flames, is peaceful at last; its citizens free to return to politicking, bickering, trading and, above all, enjoying the good things in life.
The epic new chapter in the history of Malaz--the new epic fantasy from Steven Erikson\'s friend and co-creator of this extraordinary and exciting imagined world.
In this new epic fantasy from Esslemont, the Malazan Empire is quiet until: a scholar stumbles across an ancient sealed vault, a merchant schemes to drive out the remaining Malazan invaders, and the surviving agents of a long-lost power scheme for opportunity
