The world is much more complex than it seems. A representative of the barbarian Teblor tribe, the young warrior Karsa Orlong, faces this discovery. Karsa grew up dreaming of becoming worthy of the exploits and achievements of his grandfather - and of course, having reached the required age, he and his friends go on a raid on the villages of the people below, not suspecting that this will be only the first step on a long path. The first step that will shock the whole world. However, in the coming years the world will already have enough shocks. And now - in the Seven Cities, in the Sacred Desert of Raraku, the Army of the Apocalypse, led by the prophetess Sha'ik, once the daughter of the Malazan aristocrats, is waiting and gathering strength. And so the army of the Malazan Empire, consisting mainly of recruits and led by sister Sha'ik, is sent to the very heart of Raraku to put an end to the rebellion. Meanwhile, representatives of the ancient peoples are awakening, the alignments in the magical forces that rule the world are changing, the thrones of the divine are tilting Houses And the Crippled God, a mysterious alien from another Universe, accepts the local rules of the game and begins to form his own House - the House of Chains. The fourth novel from the majestic epic canvas - “The Malazan Book of the Fallen” - for the first time in Russian!