A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen.
The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by years of interminable warfare, bitter infighting and confrontations with Anomander Rake, lord of Moon's Spawn, and his 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 Claw assassins.
For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving sorceress of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, the last Free City of Genabackis, still holds out against the Empress and to this noble bastion she turns her predatory gaze.
However, the Empire is not the only player in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are poised to show their hand - as Captain Ganoes Paran aide to the Empress' Adjunct, is about to discover. For his fate is to fulfil an altogether higher purpose, as harbinger of the gods . . .
Set in a brilliantly imagined world with its own dark, complex mythology and bursting with wild magic and memorable characters, 'Gardens Of The Moon' is an epic fantasy of the highest order.
