Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law - Softcover

Abercrombie, Joe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316390828 ISBN 13: 9780316390828

Publisher: Orbit, 2017

Synopsis

Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp endings from the world of the First Law.
The Union army may be full of bastards, but there's only one who thinks he can save the day single-handed when the Gurkish come calling: the incomparable Colonel Sand dan Glokta.

Curnden Craw and his dozen are out to recover a mysterious item from beyond the Crinna. Only one small problem: no one seems to know what the item is.

Shevedieh, the self-styled best thief in Styria, lurches from disaster to catastrophe alongside her best friend and greatest enemy, Javre, Lioness of Hoskopp.

And after years of bloodshed, the idealistic chieftain Bethod is desperate to bring peace to the North. There's only one obstacle left - his own lunatic champion, the most feared man in the North: the Bloody-Nine . . .

For more from Joe Abercrombie, check out:
The Shattered Sea TrilogyHalf a KingHalf the WorldHalf a War
The First Law Trilogy
The Blade Itself
Before They Are Hanged
Last Argument of Kings

Stand Alone Novels in the First Law World
Best Served Cold
The Heroes
Red Country

About this title

Review:

"Pointed, driven, and sharp."--Locus on Red Country

"Terrific fight scenes, compelling characters (some familiar, some new), and sardonic, vivid prose show Abercrombie at the top of his game."--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on Red Country

"Magnificent, richly entertaining"--Time on The Heroes

"Imagine The Lord of the Rings as directed by Kurosawa."--Lev Grossman, Wall Street Journal on The Heroes

"[Abercrombie has] begun breaking his own rules. And succeeding wildly at it. ... [R]arely has Abercrombie had so much fun while rollicking through his colorful cast's foibles and witty dialogue - and rarely has he dished out so much straight-for-the-heart poignancy."--The A.V. Club

"New, fresh, and exciting."--The Independent (UK)

"Exhilarating... Abercrombie's knack for wit and grit holds your attention throughout, and his eye for character means that there's heart as well as muscle."--SFX (UK)

"Abercrombie writes fantasy like no one else."--Guardian

Book Description:

Violence, hope, murder and revenge - it must be the new bestelling, and award-winning, collection from Joe Abercrombie, set in the infamous The First Law Universe

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbit
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0316390828
• ISBN 13: 9780316390828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336