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Ian C. Esslemont
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IAN CAMERON ESSLEMONT was born in 1962 in Winnipeg, Canada. He has a degree in Creative Writing, studied and worked as an archaeologist, travelled extensively in South East Asia, and lived in Thailand and Japan for several years. He now lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, with his wife and children and is currently working on his PhD in English Literature.
Ian C. Esslemont and Steven Erikson co-created the Malazan world in 1982 as a backdrop for role-playing games. In 1991 they collaborated on a feature film script set in the same world, entitled Gardens of the Moon. When the script did not sell, Erikson greatly expanded the story and turned it into a novel.
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Series
Malazan Empire
This series is for you if you're into...
- Mercenary campaigns caught in Malazan Empire brinkmanship
- Ancient powers erupting beneath brutal military fantasy
- Multi-faction intrigue chasing buried secrets and legendary artifacts
Path to Ascendancy
This series is for you if you're into...
- Assassin-mage rivalries with slippery loyalties
- Ancient empires at war with older horrors rising
- Mages chasing forbidden ruins and world-shifting relics
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