Night of Knives
0-593-05781-3 (Bantam hardcover edition) & ISBN 0-765-32371-0 (Tor paperback edition)OCLC 263983948 Followed by Return of the Crimson Guard Main series Novels of the Malazan Empire The Kharkanas Trilogy Path to Ascendancy The Witness Trilogy The Tales of Bauchelain and
Korbal Broach Related
Night of Knives is the first novel of the Novels of the Malazan Empire series by Canadian author Ian Esslemont, set after the prologue, but before the main body of Gardens of the Moon, the first novel in the Malazan Book of the Fallen.[1]
Plot summary
Night of Knives takes place in the 24 hours leading up to the night of the "Shadow Moon", a night on which a prophecy promises the return of the Emperor. Kiska is a young and enterprising girl who knows the Malaz City inside out and yearns to escape the dreary island and into the Malazan military. On the other hand, Temper, former bodyguard to Dassem Ultor, the legendary First Sword of the Empire, wants to stay beyond notice of the powers now converging on the city. In the city, the mages of Malaz, much reduced since the cull, now face an almost impossible task as an ancient power draws close.[2][3]
Reviews
- Review by Sue Thomason (2005) in Vector 243
- Review by uncredited (2007) in Vector 253
References
- ^ Thompson, Robert (2007). ""Night of Knives" by Ian Cameron Esslemont". Fantasy Book Critic. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ Cilli, Dominic (2009). "Night of Knives: A Novel of the Malazan Empire". SfSite.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Night of Knives (Malazan Empire #1)". Goodreads. 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
External links
- Night of Knives title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Night of Knives at the Internet Book List
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Malazan Book of the Fallen, created by Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont
- Gardens of the Moon (1999)
- Deadhouse Gates (2000)
- Memories of Ice (2001)
- House of Chains (2002)
- Midnight Tides (2004)
- The Bonehunters (2006)
- Reaper's Gale (2007)
- Toll the Hounds (2008)
- Dust of Dreams (2009)
- The Crippled God (2011)
- Night of Knives (2004)
- Return of the Crimson Guard (2008)
- Orb Sceptre Throne (2012)
- Assail (2014)
- Forge of Darkness (2012)
- Fall of Light (2016)
- Dancer's Lament (2016)
- Deadhouse Landing (2017)
- Kellanved's Reach (2019)
- The God Is Not Willing (2021)
Korbal Broach
- Blood Follows (2002)
- The Healthy Dead (2004)
- The Lees of Laughter's End (2007)
- Crack'd Pot Trail (2009)
- The Wurms of Blearmouth (2012)
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