- New York Times bestseller, Fiction, fantasy, epic, English literature, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever. On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. Savine dan Glokta — socialite, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in the Union — plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessary. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. Glimpsing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing it will be quite another . . .
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Classical in form, epic, grave and richly built.
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- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Joe Abercrombie
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 496
- Publisher
- Hachette Publishing, Gollancz, Alianza Editorial
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780575095908
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Joseph Edward Abercrombie is a British fantasy writer and film editor. He is the author of The First Law trilogy, as well as other fantasy books in the same setting and a trilogy of young adult novels. His novel Half a King won the 2015 Locus Award for best young adult book. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Abercrombie
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