The constant battle between the bickering city state governments of Quon Tali rages Therefore engrossed are the warring Iords and princés in their very own small feuds that few notice that an upstárt mage from DaI Hon offers gained handle of the southern seas But some power are alarmed And in the interim, as Clear and Tali indulge in what seems like a their under no circumstances ending game of war, a mercenary caught up in the combat between the two says suddenly refuses to enjoy along and leads to all sorts of chaos Concurrently, a pair of escapees fróm Castle Gris make their method across this ravaged panorama of fire and butchery Their purpose to look for out the well-known Crimson Safeguard And then there s KeIlanved who could not care less about any of this petty politicking or technique or battle Something various other and completely mysterious has caught his interest and he together with a hesitant and highly sceptical Dancer navigate continents and trip through the Realms in goal But this ancient secret that has so captivated Kellanved can be neither esoteric nor ephemeral Zero, it will be of an altogether darker and dangerous color It involves the Parent competitions themselves, and specifically certainly alarmingly the partial mythological, and generally dreaded, Military of Dust and Bone Surely no a single in their right brain would be so unreasonable as to start on a trip from which nothing have came back Well, no one particular except Kellanved that is usually.Coming back to the violent early background of what would become the Malazan Empire, here is usually the third awesome chapter in Ian Chemical Esslemont s brand-new epic dream series.