Gardens Of The Moon: 10th Anniversary Limited Edition

Steven Erikson

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Published by Bantam Press, part of Transworld Publishers

Format: Hardback

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EAN: 9780593065068
Published: 5 Nov 2009

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Synopsis

Bled dry by interminable warfare, infighting and bloody confrontations with Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness, the Malazan Empire simmers with discontent. Its legions yearn for some respite from the chaos and killing.

For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his Bridgeburners, and Tattersail - the lone surviving sorceress of the Second Legion - the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to draw breath and mourn the dead. But Empress Laseen's gaze has moved on and fallen upon the ancient citadel of Darujhistan. The last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, it proclaims its defiance and still holds out against her. However the empire is not alone in this great and bloody game. Sinister forces are gathering, and it would seem that the gods themselves are preparing to play their hand...

Gardens of the Moon is the defining opening chapter in what has been hailed a landmark of epic fantasy - Steven Erikson's awesome, multi-volume sequence, 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen'.

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What the critics say

Erikson is an extraordinary writer...my advice to anyone who might listen to me is: treat yourself to Gardens of the Moon.
- STEPHEN R. DONALDSON

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.
- GLEN COOK

A world that is both absorbing on a human level and full of magical sublimity...a wonderfully grand conception...splendidly written...fiendishly readable.
- ADAM ROBERTS

Erikson's strengths are his grown up characters and his ability to create a world every bit as intricate and messy as our own.
- J. V. JONES

Rare is the writer who so fluidly combines a sense of mythic power and depth of world, with fully realized characters and thrilling action, but Steven Erikson manages it spectacularly.
- MICHAEL A STACKPOLE

Gripping, fast-moving, delightfully dark...utterly engrossing.
- ELIZABETH HAYDEN

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About the Author

Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson is a graduate of the celebrated Iowa Writers' Workshop. His first fantasy novel, the critically acclaimed Gardens of the Moon, marked the opening chapter in the epic sequence 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' and was nominated for a World Fantasy Award. Canadian by birth, Steven Erikson recently returned to the UK and now lives in Cornwall.

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