Ga op pad in een epische fantasy-saga waarin helden uit een vervlogen tijdperk oeroude kwaden bestrijden die een versplinterd rijk bedreigen. Deze serie levert brute actie en duistere thema's, en volgt een bonte verzameling krijgers in hun strijd tegen vergeten goden en de oprukkende duisternis. Het is een meeslepend verhaal dat de grenzen van moed en moraliteit verlegt in een grimmige, meedogenloze wereld. Fans zullen een frisse, compromisloze kijk op het fantasy-genre ontdekken, vol complexe personages en hoge inzetten.
Ringil, the hero of the bloody slaughter at Gallows Gap, is a legend to all who don't know him and a twisted degenerate to those that do. A veteran of the wars against the lizards, he makes a living from telling travellers of his exploits. Until one day he is pulled away from his life and into the depths of the Empire's slave trade.
Ringil Eskiath, scarred wielder of the kiriath-forged broadsword Ravensfriend, is a man on the run - from his past and the family who have disowned him, from the slave trade magnates of Trelayne who want him dead, and apparently from the dark gods themselves, who are taking an interest but making no more sense than they ever have.
Compared to Michael Moorcock and Joe Abercrombie alike, Richard Morgan's fast moving and brutal science fantasy reaches its final volume as Ringil comes to his final reckoning and sees the world tipping into another war with the dragon folk. And, most terrifying of all, the prophecy of a dark lord come to rule may be coming true very close to home... THE DARK DEFILES is a supremely fast moving 240,000 word epic. A massive yet tight story that both shines a light on some mysteries from earlier volumes and reveals deeper mysteries yet. We encounter the artifacts of an ancient race, learn the true story of the ghostly Dwenda and follow three old friends as they face their greatest test yet.