Tras interminables guerras, amargas luchas internas y sangrientas confrontaciones, incluso las tropas imperiales necesitan un descanso. Pero la obsesión expansionista de la emperatriz Lassen no tiene límites, y cuenta con el apoyo de sus sanguinarios agentes de la Garra. Tras el último asedio, el sargento Whiskeyjack y su pelotón de Abrasapuentes necesitan tiempo para descansar y enterrar a sus muertos, pero Darujhistan, la última de las Ciudades Libres de Genabackis, los espera. Es el objetivo último de la insaciable emperatriz... Y parece que el Imperio no es el único que codicia esa plaza: fuerzas siniestras conspiran dentro y fuera de las sendas mágicas, y todo indica que los propios dioses se preparan para la batalla.

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Set in a brilliantly realized world ravaged by dark, uncontrollable magic, this thrilling novel of war, intrigue and betrayal confirms Steven Eirkson as a storyteller of breathtaking skill, imagination and originality--a new master of epic fantasy.

Steven Erikson is a New York Times bestselling author renown for writing The Malazan Book of the Fallen, a ten-volume series that has sold millions of copies worldwide and is recognized as number two of the top 10 fantasy books by Fantasy Book Review and one of 30 best fantasy series of all time by Paste Magazine. He is a trained archaeologist and anthropologist who has published over twenty books, most of which explore notions of privilege, power hierarchies, and the rise and fall of civilizations, or take the piss out of the same. Erikson has been nominated for the Locus Award four times and the World Fantasy Award twice. His next novel Rejoice, a Knife to the Heart, is an SF First Contact story, due out in October, 2018. He lives in Victoria, B.C. with his lovely wife Clare.

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