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Amidst a backdrop of political turmoil and existential dread, the narrative explores the deep-seated fears and challenges facing Europe. Characters grapple with the implications of their choices against a landscape marked by uncertainty and potential collapse. Themes of identity, resilience, and the search for meaning emerge as individuals confront the abyss that threatens their way of life. The story invites readers to reflect on the fragile nature of civilization and the human spirit's capacity to endure in the face of overwhelming odds.

Concluding the AGE OF MADNESS trilogy, THE WISDOM OF CROWDS brings the series which is revolutionising fantasy to its stunning conclusion. . . Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us . . . Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds. With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies . . . while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance. The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together . . .

Peace is just another kind of battlefield . . . Savine dan Glokta, once Adua's most powerful investor, finds her judgement, fortune and reputation in tatters. But she still has all her ambitions, and no scruple will be permitted to stand in her way. For heroes like Leo dan Brock and Stour Nightfall, only happy with swords drawn, peace is an ordeal to end as soon as possible. But grievances must be nursed, power seized, and allies gathered first, while Rikke must master the power of the Long Eye . . . before it kills her. Unrest worms into every layer of society. The Breakers still lurk in the shadows, plotting to free the common man from his shackles, while noblemen bicker for their own advantage. Orso struggles to find a safe path through the maze of knives that is politics, only for his enemies, and his debts, to multiply. The old ways are swept aside, and the old leaders with them, but those who would seize the reins of power will find no alliance, no friendship, and no peace lasts forever.

Trnka se narodila, aby bojovala. Jenže když při cvičení zabije svého soupeře, zjistí, že jí všichni nadávají do vrahů. Osud vloží její život do rukou otce Jarviho, který projíždí země Moře střepů a hledá spojence proti čím dál nebezpečnějšímu nejvyššímu králi. U Jarviho se setkává s Brandem, válečníkem, který odmítá zabíjet. Oba jsou zlomení, ale oba čeká možná ve službách Jarviho vykoupení… Jenže konec konců, zbraně mají jediný účel a jejich budoucnost je rudá. Bude Trnka navždy jen nástrojem mocných, nebo je v legendách i místo pro dívku vládnoucí čepelí?

The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever. 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. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal’s son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specialises in disappointments. 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 the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. 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…

Războinice care manevrează cu măiestrie sabia, femei pilot, femei din spațiu, ucigașe în serie, femei fatale irezistibile, vrăjitoare, fete rele, rebele și supereroine. Toate, în palpitanta antologie Femei periculoase concepută de George R.R. Martin și Gardner Dozois. Joe Abercrombie, Jim Butcher sau Brandon Sanderson se întâlnesc cu Carrie Vaughn și Lev Grossman în paginile unei cărți în care cititorul va găsi SF, fantasy, horror, suspans, care contrazice orice așteptări și confirmă că, într-adevăr, imaginația nu are limite. În viitorul postapocaliptic și în trecutul îndepărtat, luptele se poartă mai ales pe căi nebănuite, personajele se dezvăluie mai ales așa cum nu ni le închipuim și poveștile se petrec mai ales ca în literatură: în deplină libertate.

The Union army may be full of bastards, but there's only one who thinks he can save the day single-handed when the Gurkish come calling: the incomparable Colonel Sand dan Glokta. Curnden Craw and his dozen are out to recover a mysterious item from beyond the Crinna. Only one small problem: no one seems to know what the item is. Shevedieh, the self styled best thief in Styria, lurches from disaster to catastrophe alongside her best friend and greatest enemy, Javre, Lioness of Hoskopp. And after years of bloodshed, the idealistic chieftain Bethod is desperate to bring peace to the North. There is only one obstacle left - his own lunatic champion, the most feared man in the North: the Bloody Nine. This book combines previously published tales with exclusive new short stories. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp endings from the world of the First Law.

A beautiful box set containing SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Joe Abercrombie's epic fantasy trilogy: THE BLADE ITSELF, BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED and LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS.

A classic coming-of-age tale set in a vivid and richly-imagined world from Sunday Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie. 'Joe Abercrombie is doing some terrific work' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN WORDS ARE WEAPONS Princess Skara has seen all she loved turned to ashes. She is left with only words. But the right words can be as deadly as any blade. ONLY HALF A WAR IS FOUGHT WITH SWORDS The deep-cunning Father Yarvi has walked a long road from crippled slave to king's minister. But now he faces the greatest army since the elves made war on God. SOMETIMES ONE MUST FIGHT EVIL WITH EVIL Some - like Thorn Bathu and the sword-bearer Raith - are born to fight, perhaps to die. Others - like Brand the smith and Koll the wood-carver - would rather stand in the light. But when Mother War spreads her iron wings, she may cast the whole Shattered Sea into darkness...

Yarvi, el hijo menor del rey, nació con una malformación en una mano que ha llevado a todo el mundo, incluso a su propio padre, a considerarlo «medio hombre». Por eso, en lugar de formarse como guerrero, al igual que el resto de varones de su estirpe, se ha dedicado a estudiar para convertirse en uno de los clérigos del reino. Sin embargo, en la víspera de la última prueba para ingresar en esta poderosa orden de sabios, a Yarvi le llega la noticia de que su padre y su hermano han sido asesinados. Él es el nuevo rey. Pero tras una terrible traición a manos de sus seres queridos, Yarvi se encontrará solo en un mundo regido por la fuerza física y los corazones fríos. Incapaz de llevar armadura o de levantar un hacha, deberá afilar y agudizar su mente. Cuando se juntan a su alrededor una extraña hermandad de almas perdidas, descubrirá que esos compañeros inesperados tal vez puedan ayudarle a convertirse en el hombre que quiere ser.

Shy South comes home to her farm to find a blackened shell, her brother and sister stolen, and knows she'll have to go back to bad old ways if she's ever to see them again. She sets off in pursuit with only her cowardly old step-father Lamb for company. But it turns out he's hiding a bloody past of his own. None bloodier. Their journey will take them across the lawless plains, to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feuds, duels, and massacres, high into unmapped mountains to a reckoning with ancient enemies, and force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, a man no one should ever have to trust . . .

Joe Abercrombie es una de las principales figuras de la actual novela de fantasía heroica, en la que irrumpió con fuerza con su trilogía «La Primera Ley». “Los Héroes” reúne los más destacados y característicos rasgos de su mundo: personajes valerosos y no tan valerosos que, inmersos en un ritmo vertiginoso buscan lograr sus ambiciones o preservar su vida en bandos opuestos en el marco de un territorio en guerra y que hacen del desenlace de la novela algo imprevisible.

Springtime in Styria. And that means war. Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king. War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die. Her allies include Styria's least reliable drunkard, Styria's most treacherous poisoner, a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers and a Northman who just wants to do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the nation. And that's all before the most dangerous man in the world is dispatched to hunt her down and finish the job Duke Orso started... Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.

El rey de los hombres del Norte se mantiene, y solo hay un guerrero que le pueda detener: su viejo amigo y su enemigo más antiguo; ha llegado la hora de que el Sanguinario vuelva a casa... Glokta está librando una lucha secreta en la que nadie está seguro y nadie es de fiar. Y como sus días de guerrero están lejos, utiliza las armas que le quedan: chantaje, tortura... Jezal dan Luthar ha decidido que la gloria es demasiado dolorosa y prefiere una vida sencilla con la mujer a la que ama. Pero el amor también puede ser doloroso y la gloria tiene la desagradable costumbre de aferrarse a un hombre cuando menos la desea... El Rey de la Unión ha muerto, los campesinos se rebelan y los nobles luchan por su corona. Sólo el Primero de los Magos tiene un plan para salvar el mundo, pero esta vez hay riesgos. Y no hay un riesgo más terrible que romper la Primera Ley... “El último argumento de los reyes” es el volumen que cierra la impresionante trilogía de una voz que ya es imprescindible en la fantasía moderna.

El Superior Glokta tiene la misión de defender una ciudad sitiada por el ejército gurko y minada por la traición, además de descubrir qué ocurrió con su sucesor. Por su parte, los hombres del Norte han cruzado la frontera y han entrado a sangre y fuego en el territorio de la Unión; para detenerlos no bastará con el ejército del Rey. A su vez, Bayaz, el Primero de los Magos, conduce a un heterogéneo grupo de aventureros en una peligrosa misión por las ruinas del pasado...

El inquisidor Glokta, convertido en un cínico tullido tras su paso por las cárceles de los enemigos de la Unión, es ahora a su vez un eficaz torturador capaz de extraer información de cualquiera. A su vez, el capitán Jezal dan Luthar no ha hecho otra cosa en su vida que desplumar a sus amigos jugando a las cartas y soñar con la gloria de vencer en el Certamen de esgrima. Pero se está fraguando una guerra, y en los campos de batalla del Norte la lucha se rige por normas mucho más sangrientas Logen Nuevededos, infame bárbaro de pasado sangriento, acaba de perder a sus amigos y está decidido a abandonar sus tierras y dirigirse al Sur, pero los espíritus le advierten que lo busca un Mago de los Viejos Tiempos Sus historias se entrelazan en una fantasía negra repleta de acción y personajes memorables.