Deadhouse Landing
core novel 2017 Malazan
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.47 (5,562 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 400 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765379474 |
Synopsis
The second novel in Ian C. Esslemont's Path to Ascendancy prequel trilogy finds Kellanved and his partner Dancer washing up, nearly penniless, on the small and unremarkable island of Malaz. There Kellanved sets about plotting to seize control of the island by forging an alliance with a band of exiled Napan warriors who have their own reasons for wanting a foothold, all while becoming increasingly fixated on a mysterious, sentient ancient structure on the island known only as the Deadhouse, whose true nature he is determined to uncover no matter the risk it poses to himself, to Dancer, or to their new island allies.
Where it sits
- Universe: Malazan
- Series: Path to Ascendancy core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Ian C. Esslemont
Notes
- From the series record (Path to Ascendancy): Four published; book 5 (The Last Guardian) in progress.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Path to Ascendancy: position 2 of 4: previous Dancer's Lament (2016) · next Kellanved's Reach (2019)
Sources
← Malazan dossier · All universes
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