The dark defiles is the concluding volume of the land fit for heroes in this volume we begin directly after the events of the cold commands ringil eskiath archeth and egar dragonbane are back and in worse shit than before as the author manages to mix some heavy sf elements such as semi sentient computers and aliens along with magic battles and fantasy races. The dark defiles is the third book in the series a land fit for heroes by richard k morgan published in 2014 1 story summary 11 archeth and egar in ornley 12 ringil 13 archeth and egar at an kirilnar 14 archeth and egar in the wastes 15 ringil in trelayne 16 archeth in the steppes 17 coda empire 18 coda hjel the dark defiles begins with archeth egar and ringil in the middle of . Praise for the dark defiles a finale that displays all the purposefully hard edges and grim magnificence that made the first two volumes stand out kirkus reviews morgan brings his mammoth a land fit for heroes fantasy trilogy to a rousing conclusion . The dark defiles is the third and final book of richard k morgans land fit for heroes series its a rather epic challenging and satisfying conclusion to a strong grimdark fantasy tale the land fit for heroes saga is a strange bird its a broad stroke of science and sorcery