The necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach have a lot to answer for. But first they are committed to lying, cheating and murdering their way through three escapades on the shadowy fringes of the Malazan Empire...
Much to the relief of their manservant Emancipor Reese, Bauchelain and Korbal Broach are enjoying a moment's peace in Spendrugle. However, the denizen of the town's castle, one Lord Fangatooth Claw the Render, has vowed that none who enter his domain will leave it alive...
On the run and pursued by those defenders of decency, sanity and civilization, the Nehemothanai, the two necromancers make haste across a desolate wasteland, and the trail they follow is transformed into a tortured path of deprivation...
Hail King Bauchelain the First who, with Grand Bishop Korbal Broach, rules Farrogs with iron fists. But tensions are growing between his domain and neighbouring Nightmaria, and there's trouble deep within the roayl resident: if rumour is to be believed, the Indifferent God is on the loose...