The First Law · Book 6
Red Country
- Published
- 1 January 2012
- Pages
- 464
- ISBN-13
- 9781473210172
- Type
- novel
About this book
Red Country (2012) is the third of Joe Abercrombie's First Law standalone novels, following a new cast through the same morally compromised world established in the original trilogy. At 464 pages, it follows The Heroes and precedes the short story collection Sharp Ends.
Its place in The First Law
Red Country is book 6 in the The First Law series. It follows The Heroes. It is followed by Sharp Ends. 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 9780575095830
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781596066823
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316187206