The Lees of Laughter's End

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name = The Lees Of Laughter's End
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image_caption = First edition PS Publishing
author = Steven Erikson
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country = United Kingdom, United States
language = English
series = Malazan Book of the Fallen
genre = Fantasy, Novel
publisher = PS Publishing
release_date = March 2007
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 151 p.
isbn = 978-1905834464 (PS Publishing)
preceded_by = The Healthy Dead

"The Lees Of Laughter's End" is a novella by Canadian author Steven Erikson, set in the world of his "Malazan Book of the Fallen" epic fantasy series. It continues the storyline of Bauchelain, Korbal Broach and Emancipor Reese, three characters who had a cameo appearance in the novel "Memories of Ice" and were the focus for the previous two novellas, "Blood Follows" and "The Healthy Dead".

The novella was published in the United Kingdom by PS Publishing in March 2007.

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In the wake of their blissful sojourn in the city of Lamentable Moll, the intrepid sorcerors Bauchelain and Korbal Broach -- along with their newly hired manservant, Emancipor Reese -- have set out on the wide open seas aboard the sturdy Suncurl. Alas, there's more baggage in the hold than meets the beady eyes of Suncurl's hapless crew, and once on the cursed sea-lane known as Laughter's End -- the Red Road in which flows the blood of an Elder God -- unseemly terrors are prodded awake, to the understated dismay of all.

It is said that it is not the destination that counts, but the journey itself. Such a noble, worthy sentiment. Aye, it is the journey that counts, especially when what counts is horror, murder, mischance and mayhem. For Bauchelain, Korbal Broach and Emancipor Reese, it is of course just one more night on the high seas, on a journey without end -- and that counts for a lot.