Toll The Hounds

<p><b>The eighth book in Erikson's acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy sequence</b><br><br>It is said that Hood waits at the end of every plot every scheme each grandiose ambition. But this time it is different: this time the Lord of Death is there at the beginning...<br>Darujhistan swelters in the summer heat and seethes with portents rumours and whispers. Strangers have arrived a murderer is abroad past-tyrannies are stirring and assassins seem to be targeting the owners of K'rul's Bar. For the rotund waistcoat-clad man knows such events will be dwarfed by what is about to happen: for in the distance can be heard the baying of hounds.<br>Far away in Black Coral the ruling Tiste Andii appear oblivious to the threat posed by the fast-growing cult of the Redeemer - an honourable one-mortal man who seems powerless against the twisted vision of his followers. <br>So Hood waits at the beginning of a conspiracy that will shake the cosmos but at its end there is another: Anomander Rake Son of Darkness has come to right an ancient and terrible wrong...<br><br>Archaeologist and anthropologist <b>Steven Erikson</b>'s debut fantasy novel <i>Gardens of the Moon</i> was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award and introduced fantasy readers to his epic 'The Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence which has been hailed 'a masterwork of the imagination'. <i>This River Awakens </i>was his first novel and originally published under the name Steve Lundin. Having lived in Cornwall for a number of years Steve will be returning to Canada in late summer 2012. To find out more visit <b>www.malazanempire.com</b> and <b>www.stevenerikson.com</b></p>