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Dust of Dreams

The Malazan Book of the Fallen 9

‘Erikson is . . . a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics’ SALON.COM

In a faraway land and beneath indifferent skies, the penultimate chapter in Steven Erikson’s game-changing The Malazan Book of the Fallen begins . . .

In war everyone loses. This brutal truth can be seen in the eyes of every soldier in every world . . .

On Letherii, the exiled Malazan army prepares to march into the eastern Wastelands to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen. The fate that lies in wait for the Bonehunters is one no soldier can prepare for, and no mortal soul can withstand. Their foe is uncertainty, and stubborn courage the only weapon worth wielding.

They are resolved to make a defiant and heroic last stand in the name of redemption but can deeds be heroic when no one is there to witness them? And can that which is not witnessed change the world?

Destinies are rarely simple, truths never clear. The only certainty is that time is on no-one's side – for the Deck of Dragons has been read, unleashing a power that none can comprehend . . .

‘I stand slack-jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. This masterwork of the imagination may be the high watermark of epic fantasy’
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About Steven Erikson

Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson is the bestselling author of the genre-defining The Malazan Book of the Fallen, a multi-volume fantasy that’s been hailed ‘a masterwork of the imagination’ and one of the top ten fantasy series of all time. The first novel in the sequence, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. He has written several novellas set in the same world. Forge of Darkness was the first Kharkanas novel, taking readers back to the origins of what would become the Malazan Empire; Fall of Light continued this momentous tale.
A lifelong science fiction reader, he’s written a trilogy that affectionately parodies a long-running television series as well as Rejoice, a Knife to the Heart, a story of first contact.
Set in the world of the Malazan Empire, ten years after the events recounted in The Crippled God, The God is Not Willing heralded the start of a thrilling new series – The Tales of Witness – continued in No Life Forsaken. Legacies of Betrayal is the third novel in this epic adventure.

Steven Erikson lives in Victoria, Canada. To find out more, look for him on Facebook: Steven Erikson – Author
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