#7 in Malazan Publication from the Fallen Series

“The type of epic narrative that will have you scrambling to get more.” -Stephen R. DonaldsonAll isn’t well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Fatalities, spirals into madness, encircled by sycophants and agencies of his Machiavellian chancellor, as the Letherii top secret police conduct a marketing campaign of terror against their personal people. The Errant, once a far-seeing god, is all of a sudden blind to the future. Conspiracies seethe throughout about Reaper’s Gale the palace as the empire sides closer to all-out battle using the neighboring kingdoms.The fantastic Edur fleet pulls ever closer. Among its warriors are Karsa Orlong and Icarium Lifestealer-each destined to mix cutting blades with the emperor himself. A music group of fugitives seeks a way from the empire. One of these, Dread Sengar, must find the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye. However touring with them can be Scabandari’s most ancient foe: Silchas Damage. His motives are anything but particular, for the wounds he keeps on his back, created by the cutting blades of Scabandari, remain fresh.Destiny decrees that there is to be always a reckoning-a reckoning with an unimaginable level. This is a brutal, harrowing novel of battle, intrigue, and dark, uncontrollable magic; that is epic fantasy at its most imaginative, storytelling at its most thrilling. “Extraordinarily pleasurable… Erikson is usually a master of lost and ignored epochs, a weaver of ancient epics.” -Salon’This novel and others in the Malazan Book from the Fallen series follow my very own pronunciations of ‘Malazan’ phrases and titles. My thanks to Michael and Jane and everyone at Brilliance Audio.’ -Steven Erikson, Victoria, B.C. Canada, January, 2014