Archaeologist and anthropologist Steven Erikson is the author of the landmark, multi-volume epic fantasy, ¿The Malazan Book of the Fallen¿, which has been hailed ¿a masterwork of the imagination¿. The first novel in this astonishing ten-book series, Gardens of the Moon , was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award. He has also written a number of novellas set in the same world. Forge of Darkness begins the Kharkanas Trilogy ¿ a series which takes readers back to the origins of the Malazan world - and Fall of Light continues this epic tale. A lifelong science fiction reader, he has also written fiction affectionately parodying a long-