On the Letherii continent the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore, escorted by Brys Beddict and an elite Letherii force, begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen. he fate awaiting the Bonehunters is one no soldier can prepare for, and one no mortal soul can withstand the foe is uncertainty and the only weapon worth wielding is stubborn courage.In war everyone loses, and this brutal truth can be found in the eyes of every soldier in every world. lsewhere in the Wastelands, other forces prepare to awaken their own destinies.Warleader Onos Toolan, once a T'lan Imass now mortal commander of the White Face Barghast, is facing insurrection as the savage clans, thwarted in their vengeance against the Tiste Edur, seek out new enemies among the tribes beyond the Letherii border.Far to the south, the Perish Grey Helms seek passage through the treacherous kingdom of Bolkando a kingdom already at war with the Khundryl Burned Tears