{"product_id":"9781804995525","title":"Midnight Tides","description":"\u003cb\u003eWar and betrayal, magic and myth collide in this, the tumultuous fifth chapter of Steven Erikson's magnificent The Malazan Book of the Fallen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter decades of internecine warfare, there is peace . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the Warlock King of the Hiroth. And so, yes peace – but it has been exacted at a terrible price: a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at best suspect, at worst deadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo the south, the expansionist kingdom of Lether, eager to fulfil its long-prophesied renaissance as an Empire, has enslaved its less-civilized neighbours with rapacious hunger. All, that is, save one – the Tiste Edur. And it must be only a matter of time before they too will fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr so destiny has decreed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause ancient forces are awakening. The impending struggle between these two peoples is but a pale reflection of a far more primal battle – a confrontation with the still-raw wound of an old betrayal and a craving for revenge at its seething heart . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Marvellously gripping . . . a riveting read, punctuated as ever with pockets of humour and fantastically individual characters’ \u003c\/b\u003eSFCROWSNEST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Cover may vary**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steven Erikson (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48675694313684,"sku":"9781804995525","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bb5433e5-4141-46f3-8218-5796f07f0c3e.jpg?v=1789536689","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781804995525","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}