The First Law · Book 7
Sharp Ends
- Published
- 1 January 2016
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN-13
- 9780316390811
- Type
- collection
About this book
Sharp Ends (2016) is a First Law short story collection filling in gaps between the earlier books, best read after Red Country once most of its returning characters are familiar. At 304 pages, it sits between Red Country and the Age of Madness trilogy's opener, A Little Hatred.
Its place in The First Law
Sharp Ends is book 7 in the The First Law series. It follows Red Country. It is followed by A Little Hatred. 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 9780575104693
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316390811
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780575104686