The first book of the Path to Ascendancy trilogy, Dancer's Lament , focuses on the genesis of the empire and features Dancer, the skilled assassin, who, alongside the mage Kellanved, would found the Malazan empire.
Fantasy heroes endure. They are embedded in our cultural fabric, dwarfing other literary figures and the mere men and women of history. Achilles and Odysseus, Gilgamesh and Beowulf. King Arthur and Robin Hood, Macbeth and Sherlock Holmes, Conan and Luke...
Second novel set in the world of Malaz. The mercenary company the Crimson Guard arrives, just as the empire is at its weakest. Yet there is trouble within the Guard itself - with both sides weakened, who can stop the regional nationalists when they at...