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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.92 EAN: 9781591025948 ISBN: 159102594X Label: Pyr Manufacturer: Pyr Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 531 Publication Date: September 06, 2007 Publisher: Pyr Studio: Pyr Editorial Review: Product Description: Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he's on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian - leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it. Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glotka a whole lot more difficult. Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood. Unpredictable, compelling, wickedly funny, and packed with unforgettable characters, The Blade Itself is noir fantasy with a real cutting edge. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Abercrombie provides further proof that the fantasy genre is heading in the right directionThis has been a great year for discovering awesome fantasy authors. Scott Lynch, who may be my new favorite author after Martin, recommended Abercrombie so I had to check him out. I didn't regret it. He writes with a style unlike anything I've read, filled with quick wit, great dialogue and clever, subtle humor. His world is instantly engrossing and packed with intriguing and incredibly flawed characters. Some readers may be turned off that some of the POV characters have only ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent trilogy beginningJoe Abercrombie does a nice job with the first book of his First Law Series. Setting the story in a well-built world and filling it with interesting, gritty characters creates a good balance of stage-setting and story-telling. The Blade Itself is told from the perspective of five-sic major characters who are gradually drawn together and who's collected experiences create a very interesting combination. There is the mage, the apprentice, the barbarian, the gifted young noble, the crippled ... Read More Rating: - SavageWhile I admit that the characters are entertaining, the pace lively, and the style impressive; this books greatest achievement is its sheer savagery. For the scenes of Glotka torturing, the northmen rampaging, and best of all Logen's battle sequence, this book is worth your $15. This is the sort of book that makes you want to beat your chest with fury when you turn the final pages. The only fight sequence that compares in my opinion is The Mountain vs The Viper from Storm of Swords. Good Job Joe! Rating: - Intriguing and attention holdingI picked up this book and found it hard to put down. It seems that Joe Abercrombie is good at making fight scenes in a book real in the mind. Some of the characters are ruthless and some are kind-hearted, but all are fascinating. Even the baddies don't seem so bad when we hear their thoughts and see what they've gone through, but we still want them to go down (but at least maybe take one or two people with them). The book is fun and I would recommend it to anyone. I didn't buy it, but rather have checked ... Read More Rating: - Great...best hard driving new fantasy out thereIn short you can not go wrong with the First Law Series. Fianly a series that stays on a good track with out many pages of world building. |
