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In Darujhistan, the city of blue fire, it is said that love and death shall arrive dancing. It is summer and the heat is oppressive, but for the small round man in the faded red waistcoat, discomfiture is not just because of the sun. All is not well. Dire portents plague his nights and haunt... read more

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Surrounded in a city of blue fire, she stood alone on the balcony.

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This is book 8 of 10 in The Malazan Book of the Fallen. (standard series)

Preceded by Reaper's Gale, and followed by Dust of Dreams.

This is book 2 of 159 in Fantasy Book Review Top 100 fantasy books of all time. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Steven Erikson (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Steve Stone (Cover Artist)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Press
Country: UK
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-593-04638-8
Page Count: 896

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PR9199.4.E745 T65 2008
  • Dewey: 813.6

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Gardens of the Moon
  • Deadhouse Gates
  • Memories of Ice
  • House of Chains
  • Midnight Tides
  • The Bonehunters
  • Reaper's Gale

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