David Gemmell Award finalist. Aurora Award nominee (Canada). The climax of the epic Malazan Book of the Fallen will determine the future rulers of the world. Bone hunters are moving to Kolans. The army is on the verge of mutiny. Adjunct Tavor wants to challenge the gods - if her own troops don't kill her first. Forkrul Asseyl, the Lawful Inquisitors, using monstrous power, are preparing to cleanse humanity in order to rebuild the world. And the three Ancient Gods are preparing to free Corabas, the Otataral dragon, from eternal captivity. She will rise as a force of destruction that no mortal can resist. An epic novel of war, revenge, imminent apocalypse and renewal. The final chapter in Steven Erickson's monumental saga. The second volume of The Crippled God. “It is rare that a writer can so easily combine a sense of mythical power and depth of the world with well-written characters and exciting action, but Steven Erickson pulls it off spectacularly.” – Michael A. Stackpole “An author who never disappoints in delivering eye-popping, uncompromising fantasy is Steven Erickson...the master of modern fantasy.” – WBQ magazine “Give me the epitome of a rich, complex and utterly incomprehensible other world, with the intrigue of intricate history, mythology and artistry. Give me a secret inside a great narrative... Give me a world where every sea hides a destroyed Atlantis, where every ruin hides a legend, every broken blade is the legacy of unknown battles. Give me, in other words, a fantasy book by Steven Erickson... the ruler of lost and forgotten eras, the weaver of ancient epics." – Salon.com