Return of the Crimson Guard [SEP] publisher
vow to liberate their homeland from the occupiers.
Publication history.
"Return of the Crimson Guard" was first published in the United Kingdom by PS Publishing in May 2008 as a limited, two-volume hardcover. Bantam UK published "Return of the Crimson Guard" in hardcover on 15 August 2008. A two volume limited edition of the novel was also available from PS Publishing. The book was released in North America by Bantam on 16 September 2008.
Critical reception.
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Return of the Crimson Guard
Return of the Crimson Guard is a fantasy novel by Canadian author Ian Cameron Esslemont, his second book set in the world of the "Malazan Book of the Fallen", co-created with friend and colleague Steven Erikson. Chronologically, "Return of the Crimson Guard" takes place after the events in Erikson's sixth "Malazan" novel, "The Bonehunters". "Return of the Crimson Guard" is the second of six planned novels by Esslemont to take place in the Malazan world