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by Steven Erikson


  Now, poet, I see the shock writ deep upon your lined face, and yet it must be clear to you, even in this moment of despair, that love was at the heart of this tale, and now we must once more settle back and take breath, steadying ourselves for what is still to come.

  The warriors wallow in what they will, in all that they make of the world, which is little more than destruction and suffering. Recall the child with the stone, on her knees in the grass, a boy’s crushed face beneath her? Such is the glory of the belligerent.

  Revel in it, if you’re of the mind to.

  What comes next, my friend, is entirely another kind of glory.

  What is the secret of sorcery? It is potential. Now then, on the dawn of magic’s burgeoning, let us see what they make of it.

  Also by Steven Erikson

  THIS RIVER AWAKENS

  The Malazan Book of the Fallen

  GARDENS OF THE MOON

  DEADHOUSE GATES

  MEMORIES OF ICE

  HOUSE OF CHAINS

  MIDNIGHT TIDES

  THE BONEHUNTERS

  REAPER’S GALE

  TOLL THE HOUNDS

  DUST OF DREAMS

  THE CRIPPLED GOD

  THE FIRST COLLECTED TALES OF

  BAUCHELAIN AND KORBAL BROACH

  The Kharkanas Trilogy

  FORGE OF DARKNESS

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Steven Erikson is a qualified archaeologist and anthropologist. His debut fantasy novel, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and introduced readers to his epic, ten-book ‘Malazan Book of the Fallen’ sequence, which has been hailed ‘a masterwork of the imagination’. He followed this with Forge of Darkness, the first volume in a new epic fantasy trilogy which takes readers back to the origins of the Malazan world. Steve lives in Victoria, Canada.

  To find out more, visit www.malazanempire.com and www.steven-erikson.com You can sign up for author updates here.

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Maps

  Dramatis Personae

  Book One: The Seduction of Tragedy

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Book Two: In One Fleeting Breath

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Book Three: The Gratitude of Chains

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Book Four: The Most Honourable Man

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Also by Steven Erikson

  About the Author

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

  FALL OF LIGHT

  Copyright © 2016 by Steven Erikson

  All rights reserved.

  A Tor Book

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  Simultaneously published in Great Britain by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers

  First U.S. Edition: April 2016

 

 

 


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