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Before They Are Hanged - The First Law 2
Glokta, the torturer working for the Union Kingdom, is sent to help the frontier city of Dagoska repel an invading force from the rival Empire of Gurkhul while the ancient wizard Bayaz leads a small band of misfits on a journey into the wild Old Empire. Before They Were Hanged is the second book in Joe Abercrombie's First Law series, and it continues to follow the main point-of-view characters established in the first book. Glokta, the torturer in servic...
Red Country
Frontierswoman, Shy South, goes on a fantasy western journey to the pioneer village of Crease in search of her kidnapped brother and sister. Shy South is a frontierswoman from the vaguely western country of Starikland. She once turned to thieving as a teenager, but has since returned home to work her family's land alongside her two younger siblings and her deceased mother's boyfriend, Lamb. Lamb is tough old guy with a strange past. He's only been in Shy...
The Blade Itself - The First Law 1
Jezal dan Luther, a soldier in the Kingdom known as the Union, is drawn into a magical conflict with the rival Empire of Gurhkul alongside a barbarian named Logen, a wizard named Bayaz, a torturer named Glokta and a former slave named Ferro. The Blade Itself is the first novel in Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy and features several primary point of view characters including: Jezal, an arrogant young swordsman fighting for the Union Kingdom; Logen, a ...
The Heroes
Lord Marshal Kroy, the leader of the Union Army, leads an attack on a band of Northern Barbarians ruled by a vicious warlord known only as Black Dow. Lord Marshal Kroy is an old veteran in the service of a kingdom known as the Union. He is tasked with invading a wild country called the North where he must defeat the barbarian armies of Black Dow, the vicious warlord. The Heroes tells the story of a climactic three day battle between the two sides that ta...

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The Last Argument of Kings - The First Law 3
The torturer Glokta returns to his home Kingdom of the Union to help prepare for an approaching war with the rival Empire of Gurkhul, while the barbarian berserker Logen returns to the North to defeat the army of the self-proclaimed King of the Northmen Bethod. Last Argument of Kings is the final book of Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy, and it follows the same format breaking the story into parallel arcs told through the eyes of three main point of v...