by Joe Abercrombie Victory and defeat, glory and oblivion, in absolute balance. The perfect moment. A massive book clocking in around 200,000 words, The Heroes is the story of the Northmen trying to protect a piece of ground from the advancing armies of the Union. The fight takes place over four days. There’s a style... Continue Reading →
Best Served Cold
by Joe Abercrombie “Men are easily replaced. The world is full of them.” Monza has worked her way up the ladder and is the leader of a powerful group of mercenaries. Her brother is betrayed by the duke and is killed in front of her, and her own body is broken and thrown down a... Continue Reading →
The Last Argument of Kings (First Law book 3)
by Joe Abercrombie "Everything beautiful has a dark side, and some of us must dwell there, so that others can laugh in the light." Tying together the threads of the adventures of all characters, good and bad (but mostly bad), The Last Argument of Kings is a bold masterpiece. The Bloody-Nine comes into his own as... Continue Reading →
Before They Are Hanged (First Law book 2)
by Joe Abercrombie “You had better stay out of sight for a couple of days.” “Out of sight? I don’t plan to see outside of a whorehouse for a week.” “Very wise.” The second novel in the First Law trilogy, Before They Are Hanged follows mainly two groups of companions through their ordeals as well as... Continue Reading →
The Blade Itself (First Law book 1)
by Joe Abercrombie “I’ve settled a few scores in my time, but it only led to more.” The fantasy world of blood and decay on display here, populated by the downtrodden and the corrupt, could possibly be called Anti-Fantasy. You don’t look to this world like you might many others in the genre, with faces raised... Continue Reading →
Red Country (First Law book 6)
by Joe Abercrombie “No man capable of greater evil than the one who thinks himself in the right.” A tough-as-nails woman, her pseudo-father and other unlikely companions gathered along the way track down a mercenary army across the brutal plains to retrieve her stolen brother and sister. This is a western containing the throwback violence... Continue Reading →