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

Esslemont's all-new prequel trilogy takes readers deeper into the politics and intrigue of the New York Times bestselling Malazan Empire. 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.