Stonewielder

Stonewielder is the third novel by Canadian author Ian Cameron Esslemont. It is set in the world of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, a ten-volume epic fantasy series by Esslemont's friend and colleague Steven Erikson. Esslemont and Erikson co-created the Malazan world in the 1980s.
==Publisher's summary==
Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. He now ran a school for swordsmanship in Falar and was looking forward to becoming fat and lazy. With him was Kyle, though the plains youth was not quite so contented with civilian life outside the mercenary company the Crimson Guard. Yet it is not so easy to disappear when you are an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire, especially one denounced and under a death-sentence from that very Empire.
For there is a new Emperor on the throne of Malaz, and his thoughts turn to the lingering drain of blood and treasure that is the failed invasion of the Korel subcontinent. In the record vaults beneath Unta, the Imperial capital, lie the answers to that disaster. And out of this buried history surfaces the name Stonewielder.
In Korel, Lord Protector Hiam, commander of the Stormguard, faces the potential annihilation of all that he loves as with the blood of his few remaining men and a crumbling stone wall that has seen better days, he labours to stave off the sea-borne Stormriders who would destroy his lands.
Meanwhile, religious war has broken out all across these lands as the local cult of the Blessed Lady, who has stood firm for millennia against the assaults of the Stormriders, seeks to stamp out all rivals; a champion refuses to stand against the alien 'Riders' and takes up arms in rebellion; and a local magistrate innocently pursuing the mystery of a series of murders is brought to the very heart of a far larger and far more terrifying ancient crime that has stained the entire subcontinent.
==Front matter==
===Dedication===
To Gerri
with love
===Acknowledgements===
Greatest gratitude to Gerri for her unswerving support. Thanks to Derick Burleson for graciously allowing me to adapt one of his pieces to this setting. I would also like to acknowledge the fans of the World of Malaz, its readers, and those active on its online forums. Your energy and enthusiasm keep Steve and me inspired.
===Maps===
File:Map Lands of Fist.jpg|Lands of Fist
File:Map Stormwall.jpg|The Stormwall
==Editions==
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Publisher 	Format/Edition 	First published 	Pages 	ISBN-10 	ISBN-13 	Notes
UK and Commonwealth — Stonewielder	UK and Commonwealth — Stonewielder	UK and Commonwealth — Stonewielder	UK and Commonwealth — Stonewielder	UK and Commonwealth — Stonewielder	UK and Commonwealth — Stonewielder	UK and Commonwealth — Stonewielder
PS Publishing 	Hard cover (slipcased, 2 vol) 	Nov 2010 	260, 620 	x 	978-1848631236 	First editionCovers (1, 2) by Edward Miller300 copies signed by Esslemont and Miller
Bantam 	Hard cover 	xxx 	xxx 	xxx 	xxx 	
Bantam 	Mass market paperback 	xxx 	xxx 	xxx 	xxx 	
United States — Stonewielder 	United States — Stonewielder 	United States — Stonewielder 	United States — Stonewielder 	United States — Stonewielder 	United States — Stonewielder 	United States — Stonewielder
Tor 	Hard cover 	May 2011 	637 	xxx 	978-0765329844 	Cover by Steven Stone
Tor 	Trade paperback 	May 2011 	637 	xxx 	978-0765329851 	Cover by Steve Stone
Tor 	Mass market paperback 	xxx 	xxx 	xxx 	xxx 	
==Plot summary==
 
::The following summaries contain spoilersPlease access individual chapter summaries via the Chapter infobox
====Prologue====
===Book One: The Sea===
===Book Two: The Land===
===Book Three: And All the Shores Between===
====Epilogue====
==Trivia==
*PS Publishing produced the book as a limited edition slipcased two volume set with separate covers.
==Cover gallery==
Stonewielder UK.jpg|New cover published by Penguin UK/digital, artist unknown
Stonewielder PS Vol1.jpg|PS Publishing - Volume 1 
Stonewielder_PS_Vol2.jpg|PS Publishing - Volume 2
Stonewielder Bulgarian.jpg|Bulgarian cover
==External links==
*Mid-series Discussion: Novels of the Malazan Empire by Ian C. Esslemont - A Critical Dragon
==Notes and references==
Category:Novels of the Malazan Empire
Category:Stonewielder
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