Forge of Darkness (The Kharkanas Trilogy #1)

by Steven Erikson

And the Azathanai answered, ‘There will be peace.’

‘Haut tells me … there is a gate now.’ ‘A way into the realm of the dead, yes. Hood means to take it.’

They stood side by side, looking down upon a plain where thousands had gathered, in answer to Hood’s call. No, not thousands. Tens of thousands. Jaghut, Thel Akai, Dog-Runners … lost souls, grieving souls, one and all. And still more come.