Ian Esslemont - Assail (Malazan Empire 6) (epub)

Tens of thousands of years of ice is melting, and the land of Assail, long a byword
for menace and inaccessibility, is at last yielding its secrets. Tales of gold
discovered in the region's north circulate in every waterfront dive and sailor's
tavern and now countless adventurers and fortune-seekers have set sail in search of
riches. All these adventures have to guide them are legends and garbled tales of the
dangers that lie in wait -- hostile coasts, fields of ice, impassable barriers and
strange, terrifying creatures. But all accounts concur that the people of the north
meet all trespassers with the sword. And beyond are rumored to lurk Elder monsters out
of history's very beginnings.

Into this turmoil ventures the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. Not drawn by
contract, but by the promise of answers: answers to mysteries that Shimmer, second in
command, wonders should even be sought. Arriving also, part of an uneasy alliance of
Malazan fortune-hunters and Letherii soldiery, comes the bard Fisher kel Tath. And
with him is a Tiste Andii who was found washed ashore and who cannot remember his
past life, yet who commands far more power than he really should. Also venturing north
is said to be a mighty champion, a man who once fought for the Malazans, the bearer of
a sword that slays gods: Whiteblade.

And lastly, far to the south, a woman guards the shore awaiting both her allies and
her enemies. Silverfox, newly incarnated Summoner of the undying army of the T'lan
Imass, will do anything to stop the renewal of an ages-old crusade that could lay
waste to the entire continent and beyond.

Casting light on mysteries spanning the Malazan Empire, and offering a glimpse of
the storied and epic history that shaped it, "Assail" is the final chapter in the
epic story of the Empire of Malaz.

Title: Assail
Series: Malazan Empire 6
Author: Ian C. Esslemont
Published August 5, 2014 by Tor
ISBN: 0765330008
Language: English
Length: Paperback, 544 pages