Sharp Ends, which was published after Red Country, is a delightful collection of short stories which explores the backstories and fates of multiple memorable characters which appeared in all of Mr Abercrombie’s books, with a connected series of chapters following the compelling (and oft hilarious) adventures of the thief Shevediah and the muscleheaded, comically horny Javre as they Forrest Gumped their way through many major events in the First Law world. The Heroes is a multifaceted military story which succeeded in giving depth to both sides of a conflict while also digging deeply into the very concept of heroism itself. Best Served Cold was a powerful revenge fantasy set in the Italy of the First Law world. It was high ideals, even, and low methods.īy this point, I have read all the standalone books between Mr Abercrombie’s first First Law trilogy and his second First Law trilogy, and my esteem for this author only grew ever higher. It was violence divorced from conscience or consequence. It was bad luck, incompetence, and stupidity. It was selfishness and carelessness and waste. It was small men with their small acts and their small reasons. Not cackling demons plotting in the darkness beyond the world. Not sneering Emperors with their world-conquering designs.
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