Plots within plots, brutal violence, death and destruction, surprises, and a gold thread of humour to balance the grim. Fear not though, if this all sounds a bit serious, this is pure Abercrombie.
Look around, fellow readers, at the world we live in now this isn’t just a book about the past. Revealed here are the dangers of idealised Progress, especially when it’s really just about Profit, and action for and by the People, especially when it’s just about Power. It’s a clear eyed look at who people really are and what they really do, in wealth or poverty, in revolution, in war. This is history in action, bloody and indifferent. And because of that, it’s the very best kind of story telling. It’s nothing less than a deconstruction of humanity. If nothing else, the author must have done some serious research into the Industrial and French revolutions to so evocatively and effectively depict this kind of terror, these sorts of turbulent times. As a result, the book reads a bit more like historical fiction. It's a sign of the times- even the big hitters are pursing influence though finance and banking instead of sorcery… The First Law world is, for all intents and purposes, our world. Undoubtedly epic, with more than a hint of magic, this is a high fantasy world with a low fantasy feel. ‘War? It’s a fight so big almost no one comes out of it well’įirst of all, this is not fantasy as we know it.
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. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control.
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 King Jezal’s son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specialises in disappointments. 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. The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. Introducing a cast of unforgettable new characters, A LITTLE HATRED is the start of a brand new trilogy set in the world of the First Law which will have you gripped from the very start.
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