Name: The Blade Itself (The First Law)
Price: 22.22 EUR
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Author: Joe Abercrombie
ISBN: 9780316387316

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Joe Abercrombie

Publisher

Orbit

Language

English

Pages

560

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.4 x 15.0 x 4.3 cm

Weight

0.54 kg.

ISBN13

9780316387316

Synopsis "The Blade Itself (The First Law)"

The first novel in the First Law Trilogy and debut fantasy novel from New York Times bestseller, Joe Abercrombie. Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian -- leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it. Enter the wizard, Bayaz. 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 Logen, Jezal, and Glokta a whole lot more difficult. Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood. Unpredictable, compelling, wickedly funny, and packed with unforgettable characters, The Blade Itself is noir fantasy with a real cutting edge.

Joe Abercrombie

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Joe Abercrombie (Lancaster, United Kingdom, 1974) is an acclaimed English dark fantasy author. He first gained fame with his striking First Law Trilogy (The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings), a work that revolutionized the genre with its raw realism and ambiguous characters. After studying Psychology at the University of Manchester and working in the audiovisual sector, Abercrombie fully dedicated himself to literature, expanding his fictional universe with standalone novels like The Heroes.

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