Not only do the plotlines, themes and narrative devices of the trilogy cohere into a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts but they also speak to a second age of madness: the one we currently live in. This is not just your average good third volume of a decent fantasy trilogy this is the stunningly ambitious final section of what was clearly originally conceived and planned as a single, unified work of art. Thoroughly recommended - a definite book of the year ? SFF World It's fun, it's engrossing, it's brutal on its characters in all the best ways, and it's just a damned enjoyable way to spend a few days glued to the pages of a book ? Grimdark Magazine The Wisdom of Crowds is Abercrombie at his best. And you, Lord Grimdark, remain absolute as one of the greatest fantasy authors of all time ? Novel NotionsĪ cutting satire of political revolution with wonderfully dark humor and a grim mess of an outcome that will leave you wanting more. ? Fantasy Innīravo, Joe Abercrombie the bar for grimdark fantasy has been raised again. No one writes with the seismic scope or primal intensity of Joe Abercrombie ? Pierce Brownĭelightfully twisted and evil ? The Guardian Joe Abercrombie is doing some terrific work ? George R. In book three of this dazzlingly gruesome and gripping cycle, Joe Abercrombie does politics much as he handles everything else: with a clear-eyed understanding of the limits of human kindness and the banal depths of evil.
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