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Last Argument Of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
Oct. 19th, 2017 11:21 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him, but it’s going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the King of the Northmen still stands firm, and there’s only one man who can stop him. His oldest friend, and his oldest enemy. It’s past time for the Bloody Nine to come home.
With too many masters and too little time, Superior Glokta is fighting a different kind of war. A secret struggle in which no-one is safe, and no-one can be trusted. And as his days with a sword are far behind him, it’s a good thing blackmail, threats and torture never go out of fashion.
Jezal dan Luthar has decided that winning glory is far too painful a process, and turned his back on soldiering for a simple life with the woman he loves. But love can be painful too – and glory has a nasty habit of creeping up on a man when he least expects it.
While the King of the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. Yet no-one believes that the shadow of war is about to fall across the very heart of the Union. Only the First of the Magi has a plan to save the world, but there are risks. There is no risk more terrible, after all, than the breaking of the First Law …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
The conclusion to Joe Abercrombie’s epic fantasy FIRST LAW TRILOGY brings together the various plot strands in a way that’s mostly satisfying while leaving open a possible return for some of the characters and neatly subverting the mainstays of fantasy fiction but there are pacing issues towards the end, the siege of Agriont reminded me too much Glokta’s defence of Dagoska in the preceding book and the female characters were disappointing.
Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him, but it’s going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the King of the Northmen still stands firm, and there’s only one man who can stop him. His oldest friend, and his oldest enemy. It’s past time for the Bloody Nine to come home.
With too many masters and too little time, Superior Glokta is fighting a different kind of war. A secret struggle in which no-one is safe, and no-one can be trusted. And as his days with a sword are far behind him, it’s a good thing blackmail, threats and torture never go out of fashion.
Jezal dan Luthar has decided that winning glory is far too painful a process, and turned his back on soldiering for a simple life with the woman he loves. But love can be painful too – and glory has a nasty habit of creeping up on a man when he least expects it.
While the King of the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. Yet no-one believes that the shadow of war is about to fall across the very heart of the Union. Only the First of the Magi has a plan to save the world, but there are risks. There is no risk more terrible, after all, than the breaking of the First Law …
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): ) The Verdict:
The conclusion to Joe Abercrombie’s epic fantasy FIRST LAW TRILOGY brings together the various plot strands in a way that’s mostly satisfying while leaving open a possible return for some of the characters and neatly subverting the mainstays of fantasy fiction but there are pacing issues towards the end, the siege of Agriont reminded me too much Glokta’s defence of Dagoska in the preceding book and the female characters were disappointing.
