Reaper's Gale

The Malazan Book of the Fallen 7

Steven Erikson

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Penguin (Transworld)
30 January 2024

Fantasy; Fantasy

Series: Malazan

A brutal, harrowing novel of war, intrigue and dark, uncontrollable magic this, the seventh awesome chapter in one of the most ambitious and acclaimed series of recent years, is epic fantasy at its most imaginative and storytelling at its most thrilling.

All is not well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor, while the Letherii secret police conduct a campaign of terror against its own people. The Errant, once a farseeing god, is suddenly blind to the future. Conspiracies seethe throughout the palace, as the empire - driven by the corrupt and self-interested - edges ever-closer to all-out war with the neighbouring kingdoms. And then there's the great Edur fleet that draws ever closer - a force that includes Karsa Orlong and Icarium Lifestealer - each destined to cross blades with the emperor himself. That yet more blood is to be spilled is inevitable . . . Against this backdrop, a band of fugitives seek a way out of the empire. Amongst is Fear Sengar who

is searching for the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye. His hope is that it might help halt the Tiste Edur and so save his brother, the emperor. But travelling with them is Scabandari's most ancient foe- Silchas Ruin, brother of Anomander Rake. Ruin's motives are anything but certain. The wounds he carries on his back, made by the blades of Scabandari, are still fresh. Fate decrees that there is to be a reckoning, for such bloodshed cannot go unanswered - and it will be a reckoning on an unimaginable scale . . .

By: Steven Erikson
Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 54mm
Weight: 852g
ISBN: 9781804995181
ISBN 10: 1804995185
Series: Malazan
Pages: 1264
Publication Date: 30 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Archaeologist and anthropologist, Steven Erikson is the bestselling author of the genre-defining The Malazan Book of the Fallen, a multi-volume epic 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 series, Gardens of the Moon, was short-listed for the World Fantasy Award. He has also written several novellas set in the same world. Forge of Darkness is the first Kharkanas novel and takes readers back to the origins of the Malazan world. Fall of Light continues this epic tale. A lifelong science fiction reader, he has also written fiction affectionately parodying a long-running SF television series and Rejoice, a novel of first contact. The God is Not Willing is the opening chapter in a new sequence - The Tales of Witness - and is set in the world of the Malazan Empire, ten years after the events recounted in The Crippled God. Steven Erikson lives in Victoria, Canada. To find out more, visit www.steven-erikson.org - and he's also on Facebook- Steven Erikson-Author.

Reviews for Reaper's Gale: The Malazan Book of the Fallen 7

The most significant work of epic fantasy since Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant—SF SITE Extraordinarily enjoyable...Erikson is a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics—SALON.COM This is true myth in the making, a drawing upon fantasy to recreate histories and legends as rich as any found within our culture—INTERZONE This masterwork of imagination may be the high watermark of epic fantasy—GLEN COOK, author of The Black Company series Gripping, fast-moving, delightfully dark...Erikson brings a punchy, mesmerizing writing style into the genre of epic fantasy—ELIZABETH HAYDON