Questa epica saga fantasy si addentra negli angoli oscuri della natura umana, mescolando politica, guerra e ambizione personale. Segui le vicende di personaggi indimenticabili che navigano sul confine tra eroismo e tradimento. Conflitti brutali e situazioni moralmente ambigue mettono alla prova i limiti di ciò che significa essere umani. La serie è rinomata per la sua cruda rappresentazione della violenza e il suo cinico umorismo.
Infamous Logen Ninefingers has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian. He is caught in murderous conspiracies and old scores, along with Captain Jezal dan Luthar, Inquisitor Glokta and the wizard Bayaz, who all must try to survive the coming war.
Come proteggere una città circondata dai nemici e invasa dai traditori, quando non ci si può fidare nemmeno degli alleati e il precedente leader è scomparso senza lasciare traccia? Glokta, l'inquisitore, ha bisogno di risposte prima che i gurkhuli bussino alle porte. Gli uomini del Nord hanno oltrepassato i confini di Angland, portando distruzione e fuoco nel loro cammino. Ladisla, il principe ereditario, dovrebbe scacciarli e conquistare gloria, ma deve guidare l'esercito peggio armato e meno addestrato che si possa immaginare. Bayaz, il Primo Mago, guida un gruppo di audaci avventurieri attraverso le rovine del passato. La donna più odiata del Sud, l'uomo più temuto del Nord e il ragazzo più egoista dell'Unione formano un'insolita compagnia; sebbene si odino, potrebbero diventare una squadra formidabile. Antichi segreti vengono svelati, battaglie sanguinose vengono vinte e perse, e nemici mortali vengono perdonati, ma solo dopo essere stati catturati.
The King of the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt, and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. No one believes that the shadow of war is about to fall across the heart of the Union. Only the First of the Magi can save the world, but there are risks.
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.
Over three bloody days of battle, the fate of the North will be decided. But with both sides riddled by intrigues, follies, feuds and petty jealousies, it is unlikely to be the noblest hearts, or even the strongest arms that prevail. Three men. One battle. No heroes
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 . . .
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.
