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The Blade Itself

byJoe Abercrombie

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy complex characters and morally ambiguous narratives in a richly built fantasy world.

Topics WarfareBetrayalMagicRevengePolitical intrigueTortureBarbarian culturePower strugglesMoral ambiguityLoyaltyPowerSurvivalMorality
MoodDark
ViolenceModerate
'Delightfully twisted and evil' GUARDIAN'Highly recommended ... seek it out' Joe HillInquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers.Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain, shallow, selfish and self-obsessed, the biggest blot on his horizon is having to get out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring old men. And Logen Ninefingers, an infamous warrior with a bloody past, is about to wake up in a hole in the snow with plans to settle a blood feud with Bethod, the new King of the Northmen, once and for all - ideally by running away from it. But as he's discovering, old habits die really, really hard indeed......especially when Bayaz gets involved. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Glotka, Jezal and Logen a whole lot more difficult...

Language

en

Published on

14/07/2022

Pages

432

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9781399604307

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