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About the Author

STEVEN ERIKSON's first fantasy novel, Gardens of the Moon, marked the opening chapter in his epic Malazan Book of the Fallen sequence and was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award. Seven equally acclaimed bestselling volumes have followed.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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The penultimate book in one of the most original, exciting and acclaimed fantasy series of the new century.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.The fate awaiting the Bonehunters is one no soldier can prepare for, and one no mortal soul can withstand €” the foe is uncertainty and the only weapon worth wielding is stubborn courage. In war everyone loses, and this brutal truth can be found in the eyes of every soldier in every world.Destinies are never simple. Truths are neither clear nor sharp. The Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen are drawing to a close in a distant place, beneath indifferent skies, as the last great army of the Malazan Empire seeks a final battle in the name of redemption. Final questions remain to be answered: can one’s deeds be heroic when no one is there to see it? Can t