A plot continuation of Gardens of the Moon, with events happening in parallel with the Gates of the Dead House. A new war, new enemies, a new House; much becomes clear and even more gets tangled. The gods are drawing closer to “ascending”—all it takes is to cut off thousands of heads, saving one life under a bloodstained child’s shirt. Some of the heavenly ones have already come down (they were thrown down). A nightmarish army against an empire—terrifying, all-consuming allies at its side. A bloody massacre and wild magic. At the center, as Erikson loves to show, are people and their souls—their suffering and decisions. The fate of Tlan Imass and the fate of the Deck of One await their hour.
And besides that… there will also be 23 brothers, a talking frog, and a dearest pair of necromancers.