Deadhouse Landing

Deadhouse Landing
Series	Path to Ascendancy
Publisher	Bantam Press (UK) Tor Books (US)
Released	16 November 2017 (UK) 14 November 2017 (US) 14 November 2017 (Can)
Pages	400 pp
ISBN	978-0593074343 (UK) 978-0765379467 (US) 978-0765379467 (Can)
Preceded by	Dancer's Lament
Followed by	Kellanved's Reach

Deadhouse Landing is the second book in the Path to Ascendancy series by Ian C. Esslemont. It was released in the UK on the 16th of November 2017 and in the US on the 14th of November 2017.

Publisher's summary

Returning readers to the turbulent early history of what would become the Malazan Empire, the second chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's thrilling new epic fantasy sequence . . .

After the disappointments of Li Heng, Dancer and Kellanved wash up on a small insignificant island named Malaz. Immediately, of course, Kellanved plans to take it over. To do so they join forces with a small band of Napans who have fled a civil war on their own home island. The plan, however, soon goes awry as Kellanved develops a strange and dangerous fascination for a mysterious ancient structure found on the island.

The chaos in the region extends to the metaphysical planes also as a young priest of D'rek starts to question the rot at the heart of the worship of the god of decay. And back in Li Heng, Dassem, now the proclaimed Sword of Hood, finds himself being blamed for a plague which leads him to a crisis of faith - and searching for answers.

During all this, war with the neighbouring island of Nap threatens, recruited allies wonder at Kellanved's sanity, and powerful entities take more of an interest in the little mage from Dal Hon. Dancer faces a hard choice: should he give up on his partnership? Especially when the fellow’s obsession with shadows and ancient artefacts brings the both of them alarmingly close to death and destruction.

After all, who in his right mind would actually wish to enter an Elder mystery known to everyone as the 'Deadhouse'?

Front matter

Dedication

For Simon Taylor

Acknowledgements

Once again I wish to thank A. P. Canavan for his insight, attention and discretion as a prereader and editor. Also, my gratitude to Nancy Webber for her sharp pencil and precise mind. And thanks as always to my agent Howard Morhaim for all his work on behalf of the World of Malaz.

Maps

Quon Tali

Malaz City (Pre-Empire)

Editions

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Publisher	Format/Edition	First published	Pages	ISBN-10	ISBN-13	Notes
UK and Commonwealth — Deadhouse Landing
Bantam	Hard cover	16 Nov 2017	xxx	0593074734	978-0593074732	Cover by Steve Stone
Transworld Digital	E-book	16 Nov 2017	496	xxx	978-1473510593
Transworld Digital	Audio	2017	938 min	xxx	978-1473542198
Bantam	Mass market paperback	23 Aug 2018	496	xxx	978-0857502841	B-format mmpb (198mm)
United States — Deadhouse Landing
Tor	Hard cover	14 Nov 2017	381	xxx	978-0765379467	Cover by Steve Stone
Tor	Trade paperback	14 Nov 2017	381	xxx	978-0765379474
Tor	E-book	14 Nov 2017	381	xxx	978-1466868595
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Plot summary

The following summaries contain spoilers
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Trivia

Before publication, Esslemont told an interviewer that the book involved a number of personalities who would go on to constitute the Old Guard.

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UK cover

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