Midnight Tides
- Published
- 1 March 2004
- Pages
- 631
- ISBN-13
- 9781429926935
- Type
- novel
About this book
Midnight Tides, published in March 2004 at 631 pages, is notably shorter than House of Chains before it, the fifth entry in a series famous for withholding exposition and demanding real patience -- traits that ease, without disappearing, as the sequence progresses.
Key facts about Midnight Tides
Steven Erikson wrote Midnight Tides, a novel on our list. It has been out since March 2004. The book has 631 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781429926935 to find the main one.
Midnight Tides is book 5 of 10 in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. The series has 10 published books. However, the series starts with Gardens of the Moon (1999). 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
Midnight Tides is book 5 in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. It follows House of Chains. It is followed by The Bonehunters. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780765316516
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409083221
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780765310057