The Heroes
$31.14
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
28 May 2012
Summary
The Heroes: A Clash of Iron and Intrigue in the North
They say Black Dow’s killed more men than winter and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, on a worthless hill, in an unimportant valley, and they’v…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780575083851 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0575083859 |
| Series: | World of the First Law |
| Author: | Joe Abercrombie |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Gollancz |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 28 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 40mm |
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An action-packed novel full of brutality, black-humour and razor sharp characterisation– SFX
Highly recommended - a funny, finely-wrought, terrifically energetic work of high fantasy. Seek it out – Joe HillThe Heroes is an indictment of war and the duplicity that corrupts men striving for total power: bloody and violent, but never gratuitously so, it’s imbued with cutting humour, acute characterisation and worldweary wisdom about the weaknesses of the human race. Brilliant * Guardian *[The Heroes is a] blood-drenched, thought-provoking dissection ofa three-day battle is set in the same world as Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy but stands very well alone … Abercrombie never glosses over a moment of the madness, passion, and horror ofwar, nor the tribulations that turn ordinary people into the titular heroes * Publishers Weekly *
About The Author
Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie is a freelance film editor living in Bath with his wife and daughters.
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