Bauchelain and Korbal Broach Series Reading Order

In a remote, isolated town, an insidious plague takes root, defying all known medical understanding. Its victims don't s… In a remote, isolated town, an insidious plague takes root, defying all known medical understanding. Its victims don't sicken or weaken; instead, they become unnaturally vibrant, their skin glowing, their energy boundless, and an eerie serenity settling upon them. A lone plague doctor, accustomed to death and decay, arrives to investigate this chilling paradox, sensing a deeper, more terrible truth behind the outward facade of health. As the townspeople succumb to this terrifying transformation, he must race against time to uncover the plague's true nature before the healthy dead consume everything he holds dear and spread their insidious blessing to the wider world. read more

A new novella from New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson, set in the world of the Malazan Book of the Fallen,… A new novella from New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson, set in the world of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Wurms of Blearmouth. Tyranny comes in many guises, and tyrants thrive in palaces and one-room hovels, in back alleys and playgrounds. Tyrants abound on the verges of civilization, where disorder frays the rule of civil conduct and propriety surrenders to brutal imposition. Millions are made to kneel and yet more millions die horrible deaths in a welter of suffering and misery. But leave all that behind and plunge into escapist fantasy of the most irrelevant kind, and in the ragged wake of the tale told in Lees of Laughter's End, those most civil adventurers, Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, along with their suitably phlegmatic manservant, Emancipor Reese, make gentle landing upon a peaceful beach, beneath a quaint village at the foot of a majestic castle. There they make acquaintance with the soft-hearted and generous folk of Spendrugle, which lies at the mouth of the Blear River and falls under the benign rule of the Lord of Wurms in his lovely keep. Make welcome, then, to Spendrugle's memorable residents, including the man who should have stayed dead, the woman whose prayers should never have been answered, the tax collector everyone ignores, the ex-husband town militiaman who never married, the beachcomber who lives in his own beard, and the now singular lizard cat who used to be plural, and the girl who likes to pee in your lap. And of course, hovering over all, the denizen of the castle keep, Lord—Ah, but there lies this tale. read more

A lone anthropologist ventures into the ravaged deadlands, driven by a solitary quest to uncover truths that powerful fa… A lone anthropologist ventures into the ravaged deadlands, driven by a solitary quest to uncover truths that powerful factions would rather see buried. His meticulous observations, shared with a hidden network of global subversives, threaten to expose a secret that could shatter the fragile order of the world and bring its dominant powers to their knees. Hunted by unseen enemies and navigating a treacherous landscape of both physical and digital threats, his survival becomes entwined with humanity's last hope. read more

It is an undeniable truth: give evil a name and everyone's happy. Give it two names and...why, they're even happier. Int… It is an undeniable truth: give evil a name and everyone's happy. Give it two names and...why, they're even happier. Intrepid necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, scourges of civilization, raisers of the dead, reapers of the souls of the living, devourers of hope, betrayers of faith, slayers of the innocent, and modest personifications of evil, have a lot to answer for and answer they will. Known as the Nehemoth, they are pursued by countless self-professed defenders of decency, sanity, and civilization. After all, since when does evil thrive unchallenged? Well, often—but not this time. Hot on their heels are the Nehemothanai, avowed hunters of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. In the company of a gaggle of artists and pilgrims, stalwart Mortal Sword Tulgord Vise, pious Well Knight Arpo Relent, stern Huntsman Steck Marynd, and three of the redoubtable Chanter brothers (and their lone sister) find themselves faced with the cruelest of choices. The legendary Crack'd Pot Trail, a stretch of harsh wasteland between the Gates of Nowhere and the Shrine of the Indifferent God, has become a tortured path of deprivation. Will honor, moral probity, and virtue prove champions in the face of brutal necessity? No, of course not. Don't be silly. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. read more