Path to Ascendancy Series by Ian C. Esslemont

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  • Dancer's Lament (Path to Ascendancy #1)
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    Dancer's Lament (Path to Ascendancy #1)

    Ian C. Esslemont

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings · published 2016

    Taking Malazan fans back to that troubled continent's turbulent early history. The opening chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's epic new fantasy sequence, the Path to Ascendancy trilogy.For ages warfare has crippled the continent as minor city states, baronies, and principalities fought in an endless round of hostilities. Only the alliance of the rival Tali and Quon cities could field the resources to mount a hegemony from coast to coast -- and thus become known as Quon Tali... more

  • Deadhouse Landing (Path to Ascendancy #2)
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    Deadhouse Landing (Path to Ascendancy #2)

    Ian C. Esslemont

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 2017

    After the disappointments of Li Heng, Dancer and Kellanved wash up on a small insignificant island named Malaz. Immediately, of course, Kellanved plans to take it over. To do so they join forces with a small band of Napans who have fled a civil war on their own home island. The plan, however, soon goes awry as Kellanved develops a strange and dangerous fascination for a mysterious ancient structure found on the island... more

  • Kellanved's Reach (Path to Ascendancy #3)
    #3

    Kellanved's Reach (Path to Ascendancy #3)

    Ian C. Esslemont

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings · published 2019

    The conclusion to Ian C. Esslemont's epic fantasy Path to Ascendancy trilogy--a prequel story set in the New York Times bestselling Malazan Empire series--co-created by Steven Erikson.The incessant war between the bickering city states of Quon Tali rages. So engrossed are the warring lords and princes in their own petty feuds that few notice that an upstart mage from Dal Hon has gained control of the southern seas... more

  • Forge of the High Mage (Path to Ascendancy #4)
    #4

    Forge of the High Mage (Path to Ascendancy #4)

    Ian C. Esslemont

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2023

    This volume develops and details the Malazan expansion into the Falari Peninsula region. Kellanved and Dancer, impatient with the slow and methodical consolidation of the continent of Quon Tali, are up to no good and embroil the Malazan forces in an uprising against the ruling Theocracy of Falar.These priests have maintained power over all the many islands through the threat of their terror-weapon: the dread 'Jhistal'.. more

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