num_pages: 1040
description: In Northern Genabackis, a raiding party of tribal warriors descends from the mountains into the southern flat lands. Their intention is to wreak havoc among the despised lowlanders. But for the one named Karsa Orlong it marks the beginning of what will prove an extraordinary destiny.Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Coltaine, revered commander of the Malazan 7th Army is dead. And now Tavore, elder sister of Ganoes Paran and Adjunct to the Empress, has arrived in the last remaining Malazan stronghold of the Seven Cities to take charge. Untested and new to command, she must hone a small army of twelve thousand soldiers, mostly raw recruits, into a viable fighting force and lead them into battle against the massed hordes of Sha'ik's Whirlwind. Her only hope lies in resurrecting the shattered faith of the few remaining survivors from Coltaine's legendary march, veterans one and all.In distant Raraku, in the heart of the Holy Desert, the seer Sha'ik waits with her rebel army. But waiting is never easy. Her disparate collection of warlords - tribal chiefs, High Mages, a renegade Malazan Fist and his sorceror - is locked in a vicious power struggle that threatens to tear the rebellion apart from within. And Sha'ik herself suffers, haunted by the private knowledge of her nemesis, Tavore... her own sister.So begins this pivotal new chapter in Steven Erikson's MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN - an epic novel of war, intrigue, magic and betrayal from a writer regarded as one of the most original, imaginative and exciting storytellers in fantasy today.
language: English
title: House of Chains
titlecomplete: House of Chains (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #4)
genres: Fiction, Magic, War, Dark Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Epic, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 46843
series: Malazan Book of the Fallen Split-Volume Edition, Malazan (In-World Chronological Order), Malazan, Das Spiel der Götter, La caduta di Malazan, Malazańska Księga Poległych, Малазанская «Книга Павших», Malazan Book of the Fallen
awards: awardedAt: 1483257600000
name: Prix Aurora Award
category: Best of the Decade
publisher: Bantam