Shattered Sea · Book 3
Half a War
- Published
- 16 July 2015
- Pages
- 375
- ISBN-13
- 9780007550272
- Type
- novel

About this book
Half a War closed Joe Abercrombie's Shattered Sea trilogy just five months after Half the World, in July 2015, at 375 pages, expanding the war those earlier events set loose across the icy world of raiders and warring petty kingdoms. It follows Yarvi's Half a King and a fugitive princess and warrior's daughter's desperate journey in Half the World, completing a trilogy often recommended as an entry point to Abercrombie's style before his darker adult First Law books.
Its place in Shattered Sea
Half a War is book 3 in the Shattered Sea series. It follows Half the World. See the full Shattered Sea reading order.
Yarvi was born with a withered hand in a culture that worships strength above all else, so his path was set for the ministry — until his father and brother are murdered and the crown he never wanted lands on his head anyway. Betrayed, enslaved and sold as an oarsman on a trading ship, Yarvi has to survive on wits alone in a world of cold seas, blood feuds and half-drowned gods, and the vengeance he eventually claws his way toward costs him and everyone around him more than he expected. Joe Abercrombie's Shattered…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780007550272