The Crippled God: Book Ten of The Malazan Book of the Fallen

The tenth and final book in The Malazan Book of the Fallen series concludes the epic narrative that will determine how the world is ruled. The Bonehunters, battered by the K'Chain Nah'Ruk, march toward Kolanse facing an uncertain future. The army grows restless and approaches mutiny, but Adjunct Tavore refuses to yield. She must hold her forces together and maintain fragile alliances to complete one final act. Tavore, a woman without magical gifts and considered unremarkable, intends to challenge the gods themselves—if her own troops allow her to survive. Awaiting Tavore are the Forkrul Assail, the final arbiters of humanity. Using alien power of terrible magnitude, they aim to cleanse the world by annihilating all humans and civilizations to begin anew. They anticipate betrayal among the enemies gathering against them. In Kurald Galain, home to the lost city of Kharkanas, refugees gather at the First Shore under Yedan Derryg and the Watch. They prepare for the breaching of Lightfall and the arrival of the Tiste Liosan in a war they cannot win. Elsewhere, three Elder Gods work to free Korabas, the Otataral Dragon, from her eternal prison. The Azath House sealing the portal to Starvald Demelain is dying, and dragons will soon return to the world.