Question: Who published Steven Erikson's high fantasy series
Context: Malazan Book of the Fallen is an epic fantasy series written by Canadian author Steven Erikson.  The series, published by Bantam Books in the United Kingdom and Tor Books in the United States, consists of ten volumes beginning with the novel "Gardens of the Moon" published in April 1999, and concluding with the publication of "The Crippled God" in February 2011.  Erikson's series is extremely complex with a wide scope, and presents the narratives of a large cast of characters spanning thousands of years across multiple continents.  His plotting presents a complicated series of events in the world upon which the Malazan Empire is located.  Each of the first five novels is relatively self-contained, in that it resolves its respective primary conflict; but many underlying characters and events are interwoven throughout the works of the series, binding it together. Toll the Hounds is the eighth novel in Canadian author Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series, the "Malazan Book of the Fallen".  It was first published on June 30, 2008 in the UK and Canada, and on September 16, 2008 in the USA. The Monarchies of God is an epic fantasy series written by Irish author Paul Kearney.  This series was published between 1995 and 2002 in five volumes.  The series is noteworthy for its ruthlessness in dispatching major characters, its large number of epic battles and its use of gunpowder and cannons.  Kearney also has an extensive knowledge of sailing and uses this to inform his description of naval travel and combat.  The series garnered critical praise and numbers fantasy author Steven Erikson among its fans as he mentions in an interview with Neil Walsh, May 2000.  The series has also been criticised for its pessimism. Ian Cameron Esslemont (born 1962) is a Canadian writer.  He was trained and has worked as an archaeologist.  He is best known for his series "Novels of the Malazan Empire", which is set in the same world as the Malazan Book of the Fallen epic fantasy series popularised by his friend and collaborator, Steven Erikson.  Esslemont is the co-creator of the Malazan world. The Bonehunters is the sixth volume in Canadian author Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series, the "Malazan Book of the Fallen".  "The Bonehunters" is a direct sequel to the fourth volume, "House of Chains", and alludes to events in the fifth, "Midnight Tides". House of Chains is the fourth volume of Canadian author Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series, the "Malazan Book of the Fallen", and a direct sequel to the second volume in the series, "Deadhouse Gates". Deadhouse Gates is the second novel in Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series, the "Malazan Book of the Fallen".  "Deadhouse Gates" follows on from the first novel, "Gardens of the Moon" and takes place simultaneously with events in the third novel "Memories of Ice".  The novel was first published in the United Kingdom as a trade paperback on 1 September 2000, with a mass-market paperback edition followed on 1 October 2001.  The first United States edition was published in hardback by Tor Books on 28 February 2005 with a mass-market paperback edition following on 7 February 2006.  This is the only novel in the series where the UK and US editions share the same cover; the other US books use a different cover artist and style. Midnight Tides is the fifth volume of Canadian author Steven Erikson's epic fantasy series, the "Malazan Book of the Fallen".  Although it is part of the larger series, it has only limited references to the previous books.  However, it is not a stand-alone volume as the events of the books "Reaper's Gale" and "Dust of Dreams" follow on from it. Gardens of the Moon is the first of ten novels in Canadian author Steven Erikson's high fantasy series, the "Malazan Book of the Fallen".  It was first published in 1999, and nominated for a World Fantasy Award. The Kharkanas Trilogy is an epic fantasy series written by author Steven Erikson.  The series consists of three novels, two of which—"Forge of Darkness" and "Fall of Light"—have been published as of 2017.  The series serves as a prequel to Erikson's "Malazan Book of the Fallen" series, and tells the story of the Tiste, Jaghut and Azathanai, three hundred thousand years before the Malazan Empire began its conquest on Genabackis, with a focus on characters such as Anomander Rake, Draconus, Hood, Gothos and K'rul.
Answer: Bantam Books