Dancer's Lament: Path to Ascendancy Book 1 (Path to Ascendancy, 1)

Ian C. Esslemonts 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 Dancers Lament focuses on the genesis of the empire and features Dancer the skilled assassin who alongside the mage Kellanved would found the Malazan empire.