Dancer's Lament: Path to Ascendancy Book 1 (A Novel of the Malazan Empire) in Bloomington, MN

Ian C. Esslemont's prequel trilogy takes readers deeper into the politics and intrigue of the
New York Times
bestselling Malazan Empire.
The first book of the Path to Ascendancy trilogy,
Dancer's Lament
, focuses on the genesis of the empire and features Dancer, the skilled assassin, who, alongside the mage Kellanved, would found the Malazan empire.