Before They Are Hanged
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
Author
Contributors
Abercrombie, Joe Author
Series
First law volume 2
Published
Orbit , 2015.
Status
Checked Out
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Description
Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It’s enough to make a torturer want to run – if he could even walk without a stick. Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. Crown Prince Ladisla is poised to drive them back and win undying glory. There is only one problem—he commands the worst-armed, worst-trained, worst-led army in the world. And Bayaz, the First of the Magi, is leading a party of bold adventurers on a perilous mission through the ruins of the past. The most hated woman in the South, the most feared man in the North, and the most selfish boy in the Union make a strange alliance, but a deadly one. They might even stand a chance of saving mankind from the Eaters—if they didn’t hate each other quite so much.Ancient secrets will be uncovered. Bloody battles will be won and lost. Bitter enemies will be forgiven—but not before they are hanged.
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Format
eBook, Kindle
Street Date
09/08/2015
Language
English
ISBN
9780316387347, 9780316387378
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Publisher's Weekly Review
This grim and vivid sequel to 2007's The Blade Itself transcends its middle volume status, keeping the reader engaged with complicated plotting and intriguing character development. As savage Northmen invade Angland, the northernmost province of the unwieldy Union, honorable, hard-working Union soldier Colonel West watches his notions of civilized warfare erode in one horrible battle after another. In Dagoska, a southern city threatened by Gurkish soldiers and left undefended as Union troops head to Angland, dreadfully maimed Inquisitor Glokta employs tortures and deceptions to ferret out conspiracies against the king. Ignoring these worldly concerns, disreputable magus Bayaz of Calcis drives a squabbling little band through a wasteland in search of a relic that can open a gate to the realm of demons. Abercrombie leavens the bloody action with moments of dark humor, developing a story suffused with a rich understanding of human darkness and light. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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This grim and vivid sequel to 2007's The Blade Itself transcends its middle volume status, keeping the reader engaged with complicated plotting and intriguing character development. As savage Northmen invade Angland, the northernmost province of the unwieldy Union, honorable, hard-working Union soldier Colonel West watches his notions of civilized warfare erode in one horrible battle after another. In Dagoska, a southern city threatened by Gurkish soldiers and left undefended as Union troops head to Angland, dreadfully maimed Inquisitor Glokta employs tortures and deceptions to ferret out conspiracies against the king. Ignoring these worldly concerns, disreputable magus Bayaz of Calcis drives a squabbling little band through a wasteland in search of a relic that can open a gate to the realm of demons. Abercrombie leavens the bloody action with moments of dark humor, developing a story suffused with a rich understanding of human darkness and light. (Mar.)
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Abercrombie, J. (2015). Before They Are Hanged . Orbit.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Abercrombie, Joe. 2015. Before They Are Hanged. Orbit.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Abercrombie, Joe. Before They Are Hanged Orbit, 2015.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Abercrombie, J. (2015). Before they are hanged. Orbit.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Abercrombie, Joe. Before They Are Hanged Orbit, 2015.
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