House of Chains
A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen
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 chapter in Steven Erikson's acclaimed Malazan
Book of the Fallen....
"This masterwork of imagination may be the high watermark of epic
fantasy. This marathon of ambition has a depth and breadth and sense of
vast reaches of inimical time unlike anything else available today. The
Black Company, Zelazny's Amber, Vance's Dying Earth, and other mighty
drumbeats are but foreshadowings of this dark dragon's hoard." --Glen
Cook
"This novel and all others in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series
follow my own pronunciations of 'Malazan' words and names. My thanks to
Michael and Jane and everyone at Brilliance Audio." --Steven Erikson,
Victoria, B.C. Canada, January, 2014
