Fall of Light
core novel 2016 Malazan
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.19 (4,675 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 864 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0765323575 |
Synopsis
The second novel in Steven Erikson's Kharkanas Trilogy continues the tragic downfall of the realm of Kurald Galain, unfolding amid a bitter, unrelenting winter and the outbreak of open civil war between rival factions. Urusander's Legion, now openly in revolt, prepares to march on the city of Kharkanas itself, while the rebellion's own scattered and uncertain opposition is gradually held together under the uneasy leadership of Silchas Ruin, as old loyalties fracture and new alliances form in the face of the realm's collapse, and figures who will loom large over the later Malazan age take their first, bloody steps onto the wider stage.
Where it sits
- Universe: Malazan
- Series: The Kharkanas Trilogy core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Steven Erikson
Notes
- From the series record (The Kharkanas Trilogy): Two published; Walk in Shadow being written (as of Jan 2026).
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 The Kharkanas Trilogy: position 2 of 2: previous Forge of Darkness (2012)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Light
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