Before They Are Hanged

Publisher Marketing: The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from "New York Times" bestseller Joe Abercrombie. Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors when your allies can by no means be trusted and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It s enough to make a torturer want to run if he could even walk without a stick. Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. Crown Prince Ladisla is poised to drive them back and win undying glory. There is only one problem he commands the worst-armed, worst-trained, worst-led army in the world. And Bayaz, the First of the Magi, is leading a party of bold adventurers on a perilous mission through the ruins of the past. The most hated woman in the South, the most feared man in the North, and the most selfish boy in the Union make a strange alliance, but a deadly one. They might even stand a chance of saving mankind from the Eaters if they didn t hate each other quite so much. Ancient secrets will be uncovered. Bloody battles will be won and lost. Bitter enemies will be forgiven but not before they are hanged. " Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/21/2008 pg. 159 (EAN 9781591026419, Paperback) - *Starred Review Asimov's Science Fiction 10/01/2009 pg. 181 (EAN 9781591026419, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 2 (EAN 9781591026419, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 2 (EAN 9781591026419, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Abercrombie, Joe Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy writer best known for his acclaimed First Law Trilogy: The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, and Last Argument of Kings.