The fifth novel in Steven Erikson's groundbreaking fantasy series. With millions of copies in print, the New York Times bestselling Malazan Book of the Fallen series is truly an empire—one of the most iconic and celebrated series in epic fantasy.



After decades of internecine warfare, the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the Warlock King of the Hiroth, There is peace—but it has been exacted at a terrible price: a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at best suspect, at worst deadly.

To the south, the expansionist kingdom of Lether, eager to fulfill its long-prophesized renaissance as an Empire reborn, has enslaved all its less-civilized neighbors with rapacious hunger. All, that is, save one—the Tiste Edur. And it must be only a matter of time before they too fall—either beneath the suffocating weight of gold, or by slaughter at the edge of a sword. Or so destiny has decreed.

Yet as the two sides gather for a pivotal treaty neither truly wants, ancient forces are awakening. For the impending struggle between these two peoples is but a pale reflection of a far more profound, primal battle—a confrontation with the still-raw wound of an old betrayal and the craving for revenge at its seething heart.

Tor Books by Steven Erikson

The Malazan Book of the Fallen

Gardens of the Moon

Deadhouse Gates

Memories of Ice

House of Chains

Midnight Tides

The Bonehunters

Reaper’s Gale

Toll the Hounds

Dust of Dreams

The Crippled God

The Kharkanas Trilogy

Forge of Darkness

Fall of Light

Malazan Novellas

Bauchelain and Korbal Broach (Comprising Blood Follows, The Healthy Dead, and The Lees of Laughter’s End)

Crack’d Pot Trail

The Wurms of Blearmouth

The Fiends of Nightmaria

The Tales of Witness

The God is Not Willing

No Life Forsaken

Legacies of Betrayal

Willful Child

Willful Child

Willful Child: Wrath of Betty

Willful Child: The Search for Spark

The Devil Delivered and Other Tales

This River Awakens

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Praise for this book

Praise for the Malazan Book of the Fallen series

“I love that Malazan exists.” —Brandon Sanderson

“Erikson is a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics.” —Salon

“Tolkien might have made the most authentic feeling fantasy or sci-fi world I have encountered, but Erikson is the only writer who can compare.” —The Guardian

“Erikson's worldbuilding is literally astounding.” —The Guardian

“Malazan Book of the Fallen features some of my favourite characters in fantasy literature.” —Grimdark Magazine



“I stand slack-jawed in awe of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. This masterwork of imagination may be the high water mark of epic fantasy.” —Glen Cook

“Erikson's world is richly envisioned, dense and gritty, rife with magic and filled with complex political and military intrigue.” —Jacqueline Carey

“Steven Erikson afflicts me with awe. Vast in scope, almost frighteningly fecund in imagination, and rich in sympathy, his work does something that only the rarest of books can manage: it alters the reader's perceptions of reality. ” —Stephen R. Donaldson




About the AuthorSTEVEN ERIKSON is an archaeologist and anthropologist and a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His Malazan Book of the Fallen series has met widespread international acclaim and established him as a major voice in the world of fantasy fiction. The first book in the series, Gardens of the Moon, was shortlisted for a World Fantasy Award. The second novel, Deadhouse Gates, was voted one of the ten best fantasy novels of the year by SF Site. He lives in Canada.
Title: Midnight Tides : Book Five of The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Author(s): Steven Erikson
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen
Volume: 5
ISBN: 9781429926935
Copyright 2007
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Countries: United States, Canada | Learn more about available countries
Language: English
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