House of Chains
Book Four of The Malazan Book of the Fallen
- Publisher
- Tor/Forge
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2007
- Category
- Epic, Action & Adventure, Military
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780765348814
- Publish Date
- Mar 2007
- List Price
- $18.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780765315748
- Publish Date
- Aug 2006
- List Price
- $36.5
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780765310040
- Publish Date
- Aug 2006
- List Price
- $30.95
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Description
Best selling author Steven Erikson returns with the latest in the morbid history of the Malazan Empire
In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove to be an extraordinary destiny.
Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Tavore, the Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of Seven Cities. New to command, she must hone twelve thousand soldiers, mostly raw recruits but for a handful of veterans of Coltaine's legendary march, into a force capable of challenging the massed hordes of Sha'ik's Whirlwind who lie in wait in the heart of the Holy Desert.
But waiting is never easy. The seer's warlords are locked into a power struggle that threatens the very soul of the rebellion, while Sha'ik herself suffers, haunted by the knowledge of her nemesis: her own sister, Tavore.
And so begins this awesome new chapter in Steven Erikson's acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen . . .
About the author
Steven Erikson is a New York Times bestselling author renown for writing The Malazan Book of the Fallen, a ten-volume series that has sold millions of copies worldwide and is recognized as number two of the top 10 fantasy books by Fantasy Book Review and one of 30 best fantasy series of all time by Paste Magazine. He is a trained archaeologist and anthropologist who has published over twenty books, most of which explore notions of privilege, power hierarchies, and the rise and fall of civilizations, or take the piss out of the same. Erikson has been nominated for the Locus Award four times and the World Fantasy Award twice. His next novel Rejoice, a Knife to the Heart, is an SF First Contact story, due out in October, 2018. He lives in Victoria, B.C. with his lovely wife Clare.
Editorial Reviews
“Erikson has no peer when it comes to action and imagination, and joins the ranks of Tolkien and Donaldson in his mythic vision and perhaps then goes one better.” —SF Site on House of Chains
“Unusual among fantasy writers, Erikson suceeds in making readers empathize equally with all sides involved in his world's vast, century-spanning conflict.” —Publishers Weekly (starred reveiw) on House of Chains
Other titles by
Gardens Of The Moon
(Malazan Book Of The Fallen 1)
Midnight Tides
(Malazan Book of the Fallen 5)
The Bonehunters
Malazan Book Of Fallen 6
House of Chains
Malazan Book of the Fallen 4
Reaper's Gale
The Malazan Book of the Fallen 7
Deadhouse Gates
Malazan Book of the Fallen 2
Memories of Ice
(Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 3)
The Second Collected Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
Three Short Novels of the Malazan Empire
The God is Not Willing
The First Tale of Witness
The God Is Not Willing
Book One of the Witness Trilogy: A Novel of the Malazan World