Appendix: Gardens of the Moon, Chapter 1, Scene 1
The following is an excerpt of the first scene of the first chapter of the first book of Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. “Prod and pull,” the old woman was saying, “’tis the way of the Empress, as like the gods themselves.” She leaned to one side and spat, then brought a soiled cloth to her wrinkled lips. “Three husbands and two sons I saw off to war. ...