Fans of Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen will be happy to hear that there is a new novella entitled ‘Crack’d Pot Trail.’ Subterranean Press has placed an order with PS Publishing and copies are, according to the books order page, “en route to us.”
This will be the fourth novella for the Malazan universe that Erikson has created, following Blood Follows, The Healthy Dead and The Lees of Laughter’s End. All books focus on Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, and this new one is no different.
The blurb;
It is an undeniable truth: give evil a name and everyone’s happy. Give it two names and…why, they’re even happier.
The intrepid necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, scourges of civilization, raisers of the dead, reapers of the souls of the living, devourers of hope, betrayers of faith, slayers of the innocent and modest personifications of evil, have a lot to answer for and answer they will. Known as the Nehemoth, they are pursued by countless self-professed defenders of decency, sanity and civilization. After all, since when does evil thrive unchallenged? Well, often: but not this time.
Hot on their heels are the Nehemothanai, avowed hunters of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. In the company of a gaggle of artists and pilgrims, stalwart Mortal Sword Tulgord Vise, pious Well Knight Arpo Relent, stern Huntsman Steck Marynd, and three of the redoubtable Chanter brothers (and their lone sister) find themselves faced with the cruelest of choices. The legendary Cracked Pot Trail, a stretch of harsh wasteland between the Gates of Nowhere and the Shrine of the Indifferent God, has become a tortured path of deprivation.
Will honour, moral probity and virtue prove champions in the face of brutal necessity? No, of course not. Don’t be silly.
So get to the site as soon as possible and order your copy now! Do I sound like I’m advertising, probably, but it’s Erikson, so you know why!
