Forge of Darkness takes readers to Kurald Galain, the Warren of Darkness, and tells an epic tale of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in the fall of the Malazan Empire. It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the Warren of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power… and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, longs for ascendency and Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but she has taken another Consort, Lord Draconus, from the faraway Dracons Hold. The idea of this union sends fissures throughout the realm, and as the rumors of civil war burn through the masses, an ancient power emerges from the long dead seas. Caught in the middle of it all are the Sons of Darkness, Anomander, Andarist, and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold.
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It is the Age of Darkness and the ancient land called Kuruld Galain - home of the Tiste Andii and ruled over by Mother Dark - is in a perilous state. The great warrior hero, Vatha Urusander, is being championed to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such arrogant ambition.
As the impending clash between these two rivals sends fissures rippling across the realm and rumours of civil war flare up, so an ancient power emerges from seas once thought to be long dead. None can fathom its true purpose nor comprehend its potential. And in the middle of this seemingly inevitable conflagration stand the First Sons of Darkness - Anomander, Andarist and Silchas Ruin of the Purake Hold - and they are about reshape the world...
Here begins an epic tale of bitter family feuds, of jealousies and betrayals, of wild magic and unfettered power...and of the forging of a sword.
Front matterEdit
DedicationEdit
Clare Thomas, with love
AcknowledgementsEdit
Thank you to my advance readers: Aidan Paul Canavan, Sharon Sasaki, Darren Turpin, William and Hazel Hunter and Baria Ahmed.
MapsEdit
Tiste Power structureEdit
Plot summaryEdit
| Forge of Darkness | |
|---|---|
| Dramatis Personae | Prelude |
| In These Gifts the Shapes of Adoration | |
| Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 |
| Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 |
| Chapter 5 | |
| The Solitude of This Fire | |
| Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 |
| Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 |
| Chapter 10 | |
| The Proofs of Your Ambition | |
| Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 |
| Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 |
| Chapter 15 | |
| The Forge of Darkness | |
| Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 |
| Chapter 18 | Chapter 19 |
| Chapter 20 | |
| Pagination | |
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PreludeEdit
TriviaEdit
- According to Erikson, the writing style of the Kharkanas Trilogy was a nod to Shakespeare and the type of storytelling associated with theater and oral tradition. Forge of Darkness in particular was written so that sentence structure was based on the length of a single breath. Erikson said he was contacted by one of his audio book narrators who absolutely loved reading Forge of Darkness out loud.[1]
- On 2 September 2019, Erikson posted a page of his notes from the writing of Forge of Darkness.
Forge of Darkness notes
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Tor (2012)
PS Publishing (2012)
PS Publishing (2012)
Notes and referencesEdit
External linksEdit
Tor.com's Forge of Darkness summary
