The First Law · Book 2
Before They Are Hanged
- Published
- 1 March 2007
- Pages
- 560
- ISBN-13
- 9780575077881
- Type
- novel
About this book
Before They Are Hanged (2007) continues the single continuous story that opened with The Blade Itself, following Joe Abercrombie's compromised cast through a war run by the venal and incompetent. At 560 pages, it's the second volume of the original First Law trilogy, preceding Last Argument of Kings.
Its place in The First Law
Before They Are Hanged is book 2 in the The First Law series. It follows The Blade Itself. It is followed by Last Argument of Kings. See the full The First Law reading order.
A crippled torturer, a vain swordsman convinced he's the hero of his own story, and a manipulative wizard who never seems to be quite what he claims are pulled together by a looming war and the wizard's own unexplained agenda. Joe Abercrombie's First Law world is epic fantasy stripped of most of its comforting illusions: kingdoms are run by the venal and incompetent, battles are chaotic and ugly rather than glorious, and the people readers root for are, almost without exception, deeply compromised. It's the book…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780575077881
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9788411480734
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9782756402963