The eighth book in Erikson's award-winning fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen. It is said that Hood waits at the end of every scheme, every plot, every megalomaniacal plan. But this time it's different: this time, the Lord of Death is present from the beginning...

Darujhistan bustles with the heat of summer, disturbed by omens, rumors, and whispers. Strangers have arrived, an assassin is on the loose, old tyrannies are awakening, and assassins seem to be targeting the owners of K'rul's Bar. The fat, vest-wearing man knows that these events will be insignificant compared to what's about to happen: the voices of hunting dogs can be heard in the distance.

Far away, in Black Coral, the ruling Tiste Andii seem oblivious to the threat posed by the rapidly growing cult of the Awaited One —an honored human, seemingly powerless against the twisted visions of his followers. So Hood waits at the beginning of a conspiracy that will shake the universe, but at its end, there is another: Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness, has come to right an ancient and terrible wrong...

Pages: 1296, Dimensions: 12.7x12.7cm