"The novel was nominated for the World Fantasy Award and the Lucas Prize. In a world torn apart by war, the Malazan Empire extends its grip in a merciless conquest, where cities fall and rebellions are quashed. But behind the roar of battle, forces older than armies and kings stir... forces rising from the shadows, weaving a war whose beginning is unseen, whose end is unfathomable. In Darogistan, the last free city on the continent of Jinabaris, the fates of forgotten soldiers, sorcerers, and assassins intersect. Each holds a secret and is drawn into a battle beyond their understanding, as the gods whisper, chaos approaches, and the world cracks under the weight of imminent betrayal. Gardens of the Moon is the beginning of a saga that has redrawn the boundaries of fantasy... a novel of loss, doubt, and survival, in a time when the coin of fortune turns, and every facet becomes an inevitable fate."