- Fiction, fantasy, historical, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, fantasy, general, Imaginary wars and battles
The King of the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt, and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. No one believes that the shadow of war is about to fall across the heart of the Union. Only the First of the Magi can save the world, but there are risks.
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Epic, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Joe Abercrombie
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 663
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio and Blackstone Audio, Gollancz, Wydawnictwo Mag
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- Polish, Russian, English, Swedish
- ISBN
- 9781478935872
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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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