Deadhouse Gates (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #2)

by Steven Erikson

Look at us. A handful of destinies. We command nothing, not even our next step in this mad, fraught journey.

“That’s a succinct summary of humankind, I’d say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.

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