New Releases by Steven Erikson

The Seven Cities Rebellion is over, Sha''ik is dead, but a last rebel force remains, holed up in the city of Y''Ghatan under the fanatical command of Leoman of the Flails. The prospect of laying siege to this ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malaz 14th Army uneasy - for it was here that the Empire''s greatest champion Dassem Ultor was slain and a tide of Malazan blood spilled... But agents of a far greater conflict have made their opening moves. The Crippled God has been granted a place in the pantheon, a schism threatens, sides must be chosen but whatever each god decides, the rules have changed - and the first blood spilled will be in the mortal world: a world in which a host of characters, familiar and new, search for a fate that they might fashion by their own will. If only the gods would leave them alone. But gods are disinclined to be kind. There shall be war, war in the heavens. And the prize? Nothing less than existence itself...

Best selling author Steven Erikson returns with the latest in the morbid history of the Malazan Empire In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flatlands. Their intention is to wreak havoc amongst the despised lowlanders, but for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove to be an extraordinary destiny. Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Tavore, the Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of Seven Cities. New to command, she must hone twelve thousand soldiers, mostly raw recruits but for a handful of veterans of Coltaine''s legendary march, into a force capable of challenging the massed hordes of Sha''ik''s Whirlwind who lie in wait in the heart of the Holy Desert. But waiting is never easy. The seer''s warlords are locked into a power struggle that threatens the very soul of the rebellion, while Sha''ik herself suffers, haunted by the knowledge of her nemesis: her own sister, Tavore. And so begins this awesome new chapter in Steven Erikson''s acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen . . . At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Things are going all too well in the city of Quaint. So well, in fact, that something has to be done. The zeal for goodness can be catastrophic, and no-one knows this better than Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, two stalwart champions of all things bad. For the innumerable citizens of Quaint, driven to neurotic distraction and overwhelmed with good living, desperation breeds nefarious bed-mates, and before long the two homicidal necromancers — and their beleaguered and substance-addled manservant, Emancipor Reese — find themselves ensnared in a scheme to bring goodness into disrepute, if not utter ruination. To Reese''s bemusement, laudable motivations are, in a bizarre twist, uncharacteristically relevant to Master Bauchelain, although, of course, the payment of a chest filled with gold helps. Even so, sometimes, it turns out, one must bring down civilization... in the name of civilization. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

After decades of warfare, the five tribes of the Tiste Edur have finally united under the implacable rule of the Warlock King of the Hiroth. 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, cold-blooded hunger. All, that is, save one — the Tiste Edur. For Lether is approaching a long-prophesied renaissance — from kingdom and lost colony of the First Empire to Empire reborn. And so its people have fixed their avid gazes northward, to the rich and abundant lands and coasts of the Tiste Edur. And beneath the suffocating weight of gold, or by slaughter at the edge of a sword, it seems the Tiste Edur must fall. Or so Destiny has decreed. War and betrayal, magic and myth collide in this, the stunning fifth chapter in Steven Erikson’s magnificent Malazan Book of the Fallen sequence — a monumental achievement that is being hailed by readers and critics alike as an epic of the imagination and a fantasy classic in the making.

In the vast dominion of Seven Cities, in the Holy Desert Raraku, the seer Sha

Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, "Gardens of the Moon" is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice.

The desert has overtaken Los Angeles and buried its freeways, and a strange darkness has flooded Europe and set its streets on fire-and a young woman''s face, a misbegotten childhood in a Parisian brothel, and the fragment of a lost movie masterpiece are the only clues in a man''s search for his past.

Prima parte din CRONICILE MALAZANE (The Malazan Book of the Fallen) Forte oculte creaturi din puternice rase ancestrale si povesti incalcite se intalnesc intr-o saga fantasy care a cucerit milioane de cititori. Imperiul Malazan fierbe din pricina nemultumirilor iar legiunile sunt insetate de razbunare. Numai orasul Darujhistan rezista. Sergentul Whiskeyjack si brigada Arzatorilor de Poduri primesc o misiune sinucigasa pentru a cuceri metropola in numele Malazanului. „Calatorii uluitoare o groaza de demoni si zei… densitate si complexitate… o lectura ce-ti aduce mari satisfactii.“ Locus „Steven Erikson este un scriitor extraordinar… Sfatul meu pentru oricine ma asculta este sa se delecteze cu Gradinile Lunii.“ Stephen Donaldson „Dati-mi evocarea unei lumi bogate si complexe dar care nu poate fi cunoscuta cu trimiteri la istorii mitologii si stiinte oculte complicate. Dati-mi mister presarat intr-o naratiune mareata… Dati-mi lumea in care fiecare mare ascunde o Atlantida faramitata fiecare ruina are de spus o poveste fiecare spada franta e mostenirea tacita a unor lupte necunoscute. Dati-mi cu alte cuvinte romanele fantasy ale lui Steven Erikson… maestru al epocilor pierdute si uitate tesator de epopei stravechi.“ Salon.com „Creator de adevarate epopei ca intindere Erikson nu are egal cand e vorba de actiune si imaginatie si i se alatura lui Tolkien si lui Donaldson prin viziunea lui mitica daca nu cumva chiar urca o treapta mai sus.“ SF Site „Rar e scriitorul care combina cu atata usurinta simtul puterii mitice si profunzimea unei lumi cu personaje perfect realizate si actiune incitanta dar lui Steven Erikson ii reuseste acest lucru intr-un stil spectaculos.“ Michael A. Stackpole