Skara Isles

Type

archipelago

First appears

Book 2 · Ch. 3

Books

1

The Skara Isles begin as a mere cartographic footnote in Deadhouse Gates, a far-flung maritime scatter whose very name evokes remoteness. Across the series they evolve from background geography into a strategic crossroads whose sheltered anchorages and hidden coves become vital to the Malazan Empire’s naval ambitions and to the movements of exiles, mercenaries, and gods alike. By the later books the isles have been transformed from passive backdrop into an active theatre of war, trade, and rebellion, their shifting allegiances mirroring the larger convulsions of the Malazan world.