The First Law · Book 11

The Great Change (and Other Lies)

Published
1 January 2023
Pages
120
ISBN-13
9781645240655
Type
collection
Cover of The Great Change (and Other Lies)

About this book

The Great Change (and Other Lies) follows The Wisdom of Crowds as the most recent entry in The First Law, published in 2023. At 120 pages, it is the shortest of the books covered here.

Key facts about The Great Change (and Other Lies)

The Great Change (and Other Lies) is a collection by Joe Abercrombie. Readers have had it since 2023. It runs to 120 pages.

Our list holds 2 editions of The Great Change (and Other Lies). Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781645240655 to find the main one.

The Great Change (and Other Lies) is book 11 of 11 in The First Law series. The series has 11 published books. However, the series starts with The Blade Itself (2006). The Wisdom of Crowds is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 14 September 2021.

Additionally, Joe Abercrombie writes Shattered Sea as a separate series. Those series sit on our grimdark epic fantasy and young adult fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, The Devils is the latest published Joe Abercrombie book on file, from 6 May 2025.

About Joe Abercrombie

Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy author whose First Law series, beginning with The Blade Itself in 2006, helped establish "grimdark" as a recognizable fantasy subgenre -- morally compromised characters, unglamorous violence, and a willingness to subvert classic quest-fantasy tropes rather than play them straight. See every Joe Abercrombie book in order.

Its place in The First Law

The Great Change (and Other Lies) is book 11 in the The First Law series. It follows The Wisdom of Crowds. 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…

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