I was a kid on Christmas morning, hopped up on sugar & caffeine, exploding into a million colors. To say that I’ve been eagerly anticipating this release is a ridiculous understatement! Opening the box from Orbit, seeing what was inside? My mind left my body & visited another dimension for a hot second. Say one thing for Joe Abercrombie, say he makes me want to smash his books into my face over & over again because they are so bloody brilliant! One sharp piece of metal is all it takes to turn a man into mud. People can be so tough, survive so much hunger and cold and disappointment, take beatings you wouldn’t believe and come out stronger. “She knew with one twitch of a sword she might lose her lover, her home, her future. 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… With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. 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 King Jezal’s son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. 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. Synopsis: The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities.

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