Night of Knives

Night of Knives
Author	Ian Cameron Esslemont
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Novels of the Malazan Empire
Genre	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Bantam Books (UK & Canada) & Tor Books (USA)
Publication date	1 September 2004
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	304 pp (Bantam UK hardcover edition)
ISBN	0-593-05781-3 (Bantam hardcover edition) & ISBN 0-765-32371-0 (Tor paperback edition)
OCLC	263983948
Followed by	Return of the Crimson Guard

Night of Knives is the first novel of the Novels of the Malazan Empire series by Canadian author Ian Esslemont, set after the prologue, but before the main body of Gardens of the Moon, the first novel in the Malazan Book of the Fallen.^[1]

Plot summary

Night of Knives takes place in the 24 hours leading up to the night of the "Shadow Moon", a night on which a prophecy promises the return of the Emperor. Kiska is a young and enterprising girl who knows the Malaz City inside out and yearns to escape the dreary island and into the Malazan military. On the other hand, Temper, former bodyguard to Dassem Ultor, the legendary First Sword of the Empire, wants to stay beyond notice of the powers now converging on the city. In the city, the mages of Malaz, much reduced since the cull, now face an almost impossible task as an ancient power draws close.^[2]^[3]

Reviews

Review by Sue Thomason (2005) in Vector 243
Review by uncredited (2007) in Vector 253

References

^ Thompson, Robert (2007). ""Night of Knives" by Ian Cameron Esslemont". Fantasy Book Critic. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
^ Cilli, Dominic (2009). "Night of Knives: A Novel of the Malazan Empire". SfSite.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
^ "Night of Knives (Malazan Empire #1)". Goodreads. 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

External links

Night of Knives title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Night of Knives at the Internet Book List

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[1] Thompson, Robert (2007). ""Night of Knives" by Ian Cameron Esslemont". Fantasy Book Critic. Retrieved 1 August 2015.

[2] Cilli, Dominic (2009). "Night of Knives: A Novel of the Malazan Empire". SfSite.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

[3] "Night of Knives (Malazan Empire #1)". Goodreads. 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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v t e Malazan Book of the Fallen, created by Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont
Main series	Gardens of the Moon (1999) Deadhouse Gates (2000) Memories of Ice (2001) House of Chains (2002) Midnight Tides (2004) The Bonehunters (2006) Reaper's Gale (2007) Toll the Hounds (2008) Dust of Dreams (2009) The Crippled God (2011)
Novels of the Malazan Empire	Night of Knives (2004) Return of the Crimson Guard (2008) Orb Sceptre Throne (2012) Assail (2014)
The Kharkanas Trilogy	Forge of Darkness (2012) Fall of Light (2016)
Path to Ascendancy	Dancer's Lament (2016) Deadhouse Landing (2017) Kellanved's Reach (2019)
The Witness Trilogy	The God Is Not Willing (2021)
The Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach	Blood Follows (2002) The Healthy Dead (2004) The Lees of Laughter's End (2007) Crack'd Pot Trail (2009) The Wurms of Blearmouth (2012)
Related	Steven Erikson bibliography List of characters