Midnight tides - Steven Erikson

The fifth awesome tale in Erikson's epic Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy sequence

After
decades of warfare, the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united
under the rule of the Warlock King. But peace has been exacted at a
terrible price - a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at
best suspect, at worst deadly.
To the south, the expansionist
kingdom of Lether has devoured all of its less-civilised neighbours with
rapacious hunger. All save one - the Tiste Edur. But Lether is
approaching a long-prophesied renaissance - from kingdom and lost colony
to Empire reborn - and has fixed its gaze on the rich lands of the
Tiste Edur. It seems inevitable that the tribes will surrender, either
to the suffocating weight of gold, or to slaughter at the edge of a
sword. Or so Destiny has decreed.

A pivotal treaty between the
two sides nears - but unknown ancient forces are awakening. For the
impending struggle between these two peoples is but a pale reflection of
an altogether more profound, primal battle - a confrontation with the
still-raw wound of betrayal and the craving for vengeance at its heart.
War and confrontation, magic and myth collide in this, the stunning
fifth chapter in Steven Erikson's magnificent 'Malazan Book of the
Fallen' sequence, hailed as an epic of the imagination and a fantasy
classic in the making.

Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson's debut fantasy novel, Gardens of the Moon,
was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and introduced fantasy
readers to his epic 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence, which has
been hailed 'a masterwork of the imagination'. This River Awakens was
hist first novel, and originally published under the name Steve Lundin.
Having lived in Cornwall for a number of years, Steve will be returning
to Canada in late summer 2012. To find out more, visit www.malazanempire.com and www.stevenerikson.com