Return of the Crimson Guard: A Novel of the Malazan Empire

Author(s): Ian Cameron Esslemont

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The return of the Crimson Guard could not have come at a worse time for an empire exhausted by warfare and weakened by betrayals and rivalries. Into the seething cauldron of Quon Tali - the Malazan Empire's heartland - they march, and with their return comes the memory of their vow: undying opposition to the Empire. But elements within the Guard's elite, the Avowed, have set their sights on far greater power, while other, more ancient entities are rising up, intent on furthering their own arcane ends. And what of the swordsman called Traveller who, with his companion Ereko, seeks a confrontation from which none have ever returned? As the Guard prepare to wage war, the Empress Laseen's generals and mages grow impatient at what they perceive as her mismanagement of the Empire. Is she losing her grip on power or has she outwitted them all? Could she be using the uprisings to draw out and finally eliminate the last irksome survivors from the days of Kellanved, her illustrious predecessor?

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Now in paperback, the second epic fantasy from the co-creator of the world of Malaz.

"Everything you expect of a Malazan story, being both epic and relevant... nail-biting and anything but obvious" SFFWORLD "The Malazan franchise is fighting fit in the hands of its co-creator" SFX magazine

Born in Winnipeg in 1962, IAN CAMERON ESSLEMONT has studied and worked as an archaeologist, travelled extensively in South East Asia and lived in Thailand and Japan for several years. He now lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, with his wife and children. He has a creative writing degree and his novels Night of Knives, Return of the Crimson Guard, Stonewielder, Orb Sceptre Throne, Blood and Bone and Assail are all set in the fantasy world of Malaz that he co-created with Steven Erikson. His latest novel, Dancer's Lament, begins an exciting new series that is set in the same extraordinarily imagined world.

General Fields

  • : 9780553824476
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : 0.708
  • : May 2009
  • : 198mm X 127mm X 46mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

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  • : Ian Cameron Esslemont
  • : Paperback
  • : 813.6
  • : 1056
  • : Maps