- Imaginary wars and battles, Quests (Expeditions), Malazan Empire (Imaginary place), Fiction
Tens of thousands of years of ice is melting, and the land of Assail, long a byword for menace and inaccessibility, is at last yielding its secrets. Tales of gold discovered in the region's north circulate in every waterfront dive and sailor's tavern and now countless adventurers and fortune-seekers have set sail in search of riches.
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Epic, classical in form, grave and richly built.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Ian C. Esslemont
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 544
- Publisher
- Tor Books, Transworld Publishers Limited, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780765329981
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