The First Law · Book 9
The Trouble with Peace
- Published
- 15 September 2020
- Pages
- 506
- ISBN-13
- 9780316591713
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Trouble with Peace (2020) continues the Age of Madness trilogy that jumps The First Law forward a generation, following the children of the original trilogy's cast through an industrializing, revolution-shaken world. It runs 506 pages, between A Little Hatred and The Wisdom of Crowds.
Its place in The First Law
The Trouble with Peace is book 9 in the The First Law series. It follows A Little Hatred. It is followed by 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780316591713
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9788413621678
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