Series: Book 1 in the Malazan - Book of the Fallen series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Fantasy, Fiction
Summary
The Vast Malazan Empire Simmers With
Discontent, Its Subject States Bled Dry By Interminable
Warfare, Purges, Internecine Strife And Clashes With Anomander
Rake, Lord Of Moon S Spawn, And The Mysterious Tiste Andii.
Even The Imperial Legions, Long Inured To The Bloodshed, Yearn
For Some Respite. Yet The Empress Rule Remains Absolute,
Enforced By Her Dread Claw Assassins.For Sergeant Whiskeyjack
And His Cynical Squad Of Bridgeburners, And For Tattersail,
Sole Surviving Sorceress Of The Second Legion, The Aftermath Of
The Siege Of Pale Should Have Been A Time To Heal The Still
Living And Mourn The Many Dead. The Empress Has Other Ideas.
Darujhistan, Last Of The Free Cities Of Genabackis, Still Holds
Out Against Her And It Is To This Ancient And Noble Bastion Of
Independence That She Turns Her Predatory Gaze.However, It
Would Appear The Empire Is Not The Only Player In This Great
Game. A More Sinister, Shadowbound Force Is Poised To Make Its
First Move, As Captain Ganoes Paran, Aide To The Empress
Adjunct Is About To Discover. For He Has Been Chosen For An
Altogether Higher Purpose - As Harbinger Of The Gods
Themselves...Conceived And Written On An Epic Scale, Gardens Of
The Moon Is A Breathtaking Achievement - A Novel In Which Grand
Design, A Dark And Complex Mythology, Wild And Wayward Magic
And A Host Of Enduring Characters Combine With Thrilling,
Powerful Storytelling To Resounding Effect.