The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed.
But elsewhere, agents of a far greater conflict.
A place of foreboding, its smell is of death.
For it was here that the Empire\'s greatest champion Dassem Ultor was slain and a tide of Malazan blood spilled.
The prospect of laying siege to this ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malaz 14th Army uneasy.
One last rebel force remains, holed up in the city of Y\'Ghatan and under the fanatical command of Leoman of the Flails.
Sha\'ik is dead.
The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed