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Malazan Book of the Fallen #5

Midnight Tides

Name: Midnight Tides
Rating: 4.43 (47411 reviews)
Author: Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson January 1, 2004

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After decades of warfare, the five tribes of the Tiste Edur are united under the implacable rule of the Warlock King of the Hiroth. But the price of peace is a pact with a hidden power whose motives may be deadly. To the south, the expansionist kingdom of Lether has devoured all lesser neighbors – except the Tiste Edur.

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