Malazan Book of the Fallen · Book 1

Gardens of the Moon

Published
1 April 1999
Pages
635
ISBN-13
9781469225692
Type
novel
Cover of Gardens of the Moon

About this book

Gardens of the Moon opened Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen in April 1999, a 635-page debut that preceded Deadhouse Gates the following year.

Key facts about Gardens of the Moon

Steven Erikson wrote Gardens of the Moon, a novel on our list. It has been out since April 1999. The book has 635 pages.

We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781469225692 to find the main one.

Gardens of the Moon is book 1 of 10 in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. The series has 10 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Dust of Dreams is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 18 August 2009.

Additionally, Steven Erikson writes The Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, The Kharkanas Trilogy and Willful Child, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our epic fantasy and science fiction shelves. Meanwhile, No Life Forsaken is the latest published Steven Erikson book on file, from 23 October 2025.

About Steven Erikson

Steven Erikson is the pen name of Canadian author Steve Rune Lundin, a trained archaeologist and anthropologist whose academic background directly shaped his approach to epic fantasy. He is best known for the Malazan Book of the Fallen, a ten-volume series co-developed with collaborator Ian Cameron Esslemont from a shared tabletop role-playing campaign, beginning with Gardens of the Moon in 1999. See every Steven Erikson book in order.

Its place in Malazan Book of the Fallen

Gardens of the Moon is book 1 in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. It is followed by Deadhouse Gates. See the full Malazan Book of the Fallen reading order.

The Malazan Empire has spent a century conquering a continent through sorcery, siege warfare and the ascension of its soldiers to godhood, and the empire's oldest, most battle-worn armies are starting to wonder whether the throne they fight for still deserves their loyalty. Steven Erikson opens Gardens of the Moon in the middle of an already-vast, already-old world, with no orientation and no apology, and asks readers to catch up — gods walk among mortals and scheme like politicians, ten-thousand-year-old empires…

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