The fifth awesome tale in Erikson's epic Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy sequence After decades of warfare the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the rule of the Warlock King But peace has been exacted at a terrible price
- a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at best suspect at worst deadly To the south the expansionist kingdom of Lether has devoured all of its less-civilised neighbours with rapacious hunger All save one
- the Tiste Edur But Lether is approaching a long-prophesied renaissance
- from kingdom & lost colony to Empire reborn
- & has fixed its gaze on the rich lands of the Tiste Edur It seems inevitable that the tribes will surrender either to the suffocating weight of gold or to slaughter at the edge of a sword Or so Destiny has decreed A pivotal treaty between the two sides nears
- but unknown ancient forces are awakening For the impending struggle between these two peoples is but a pale reflection of an altogether more profound primal battle
- a confrontation with the still-raw wound of betrayal & the craving for vengeance at its heart War & confrontation magic & myth collide in this the stunning fifth chapter in Steven Erikson's magnificent ' Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence hailed as an epic of the imagination & a fantasy classic in the making Archaeologist & anthropologist Steven Erikson's debut fantasy novel Gardens of the Moon was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award & introduced fantasy readers to his epic ' The Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence which has been hailed 'a masterwork of the imagination' This River Awakens was hist first novel & originally published under the name Steve Lundin Having lived in Cornwall for a number of years Steve will be returning to Canada in late summer 2012 To find out more visit wwwmalazanempirecom & wwwsteveneriksoncom