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    MARCH 2006 ISSUE 90
 

 

Coming in April 2006

Published by Bantam Press on 2nd March 2006, price £20.00

I have it in my hands - it's enormous, it looks great, review next month!

THE BONEHUNTERS

A tale of the malazan book of the fallen

StEVEN ERIKSON

Inspired by The Iliad and Napoleon’s Book of the Fallen, Steven Erikson’s colossal MALAZAN BOOK OF THE FALLEN sequence has been hailed by his peers, critics and fans alike as the first great fantasy epic of this millennium.

“The kind of epic narrative that will have you scrambling for more.”

STEPHEN R. DONALDSON

“This series has clearly established itself as the most significant work of epic fantasy since Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.” SF SITE

Erikson has drawn on his background in archaeology and anthropology to construct a unique world with its own history, geography and mythology, peopled by an array of extraordinary but wholly convincing societies, cultures and belief systems. His new level of realism in the realms of fantasy fiction has been met with international acclaim and established him as one of the most original and exciting genre storytellers in years. The Bonehunters is the stunning sixth chapter in what will be a 10 volume series of stand-alone tales. The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed and their commander slain. Now the battle-weary Malaz Army faces one last rebel force, holed up in an ancient fortress. But this is a place of foreboding. For it was here that the Empire’s greatest champion fell and a tide of Malazan blood was spilled. Elsewhere, agents of a greater conflict have made their opening moves. The Crippled God has been granted a place in the pantheon, a schism threatens and sides must be chosen. The ground-rules have been irrevocably and terrifyingly changed and the first blood spilled will be in the mortal world.

A world that contains a host of characters, old and new, each searching to fashion their own fate. If only the gods would leave them alone. But now that knives have been unsheathed, the gods are disinclined to be kind. There shall be war, war in the heavens. And the prize? Nothing less than existence itself....

About the author Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson is a graduate of the celebrated Iowa Writers’ Workshop. His first fantasy novel, the critically acclaimed Gardens of the Moon, marked the opening chapter in The Malazan Book of the Fallen sequence and was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. It is published by Bantam, as are the equally acclaimed subsequent volumes, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice, House of Chains and Midnight Tides. After living in the UK for a number of years, Steven Erikson returned home to Canada and lives with his wife and son on Vancouver Island.

 

STORIES & FEATURES

Author profile - Alex Barclay

Pip, Squeak and Wilfred  

In memory of Nipper

A Good Deed by Phyllis Owen

Walt Howarth - artist profile 

Book news: Treason's River

Book news: The Bonehunters

Fight! by Rick Croucher

W.I.T.C.H. - four new titles

Inspector West

Mark & Laura Stutzman Gallery

Owen Owen: Grebe and Chick

BOOK PAGES

HARPER COLLINS/VOYAGER  

RANDOM HOUSE

RANDOM HOUSE KIDS

TITAN BOOKS

MACMILLAN

TRANSWORLD

PENGUIN

HODDER

BAEN BOOKS

BUD PLANT

MORE FROM BUD

FIDRA BOOKS

CREEPERS by David Morrell

MARCH FULL CONTENTS

Synopsis
The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed. Sha'ik is dead. One last rebel force remains, holed up in the city of Y'Ghatan and under the fanatical command of Leoman of the Flails. The prospect of laying siege to this ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malaz 14th Army uneasy. For it was here that the Empire's greatest champion Dassem Ultor was slain and a tide of Malazan blood spilled. A place of foreboding, its smell is of death. But elsewhere, agents of a far greater conflict have made their opening moves. The Crippled God has been granted a place in the pantheon, a schism threatens and sides must be chosen. Whatever each god decides, the ground-rules have changed, irrevocably, terrifyingly and the first blood spilled will be in the mortal world. A world in which a host of characters, familiar and new, including Heboric Ghost Hands, the possessed Apsalar, Cutter, once a thief now a killer, the warrior Karsa Orlong and the two ancient wanderers Icarium and Mappo, each searching for such a fate as they might fashion with their own hands, guided by their own will. If only the gods would leave them alone. But now that knives have been unsheathed, the gods are disinclined to be kind. There shall be war, war in the heavens. And, the prize? Nothing less than existence itself... Here is the stunning new chapter in Steven Erikson magnificent "Malazan Book of the Fallen" - hailed an epic of the imagination and acknowledged as a fantasy classic in the making.

 

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