Bauchelain and Korbal Broach: Volume One: Three Short Novels of the Malazan Empire (Malazan Book of the Fallen 1)

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Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
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An uneasy peace exists in Thay thanks to an alliance of wizards. The peace is threatened to unravel when Szass Tam, a powerful and evil necromancer, makes his move to seize control from his former allies.

In the magic-rich realm of Thay, an evil necromancer recruits the undead to his cause—a cause that will change the face of Faerûn forever

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