false <![CDATA[The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg 944073 12 929009 book 2006 The Blade Itself (The First Law: Book One) total:1384|5:505|4:624|3:199|2:40|1:16| 1384 5714 2341 282 886955 159102594X 9781591025948 119 29 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255681165m/886955.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/886955.The_Blade_Itself 4 10 false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 15:41:28 -0800 2009 Mon Jun 08 15:52:34 -0700 2009 1 ...more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 5 13 false Mon May 12 16:43:18 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 17:56:52 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler famously said that if an author mentions a gun, it had better go off at some point. The same goes for fantasy writers. Fantasy doesn't need to be all blood and whirling blades, but if a fantasy writer straps a broadsword to a character's side, it had better be drawn in anger, at som...more...]]> 495964 0575077859 9780575077850 19 6 The Blade Itself (The First Law: Book One) (SIGNED) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175224593m/495964.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/495964.The_Blade_Itself 5 3 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 06:31:05 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 02 22:32:11 -0800 2007 Kriegsklingen

This is the story of Logen Ninefinger a warrior of the north, Inquisitor Sand dan Glokta a former brilliant young swordsman now a torturer, Captain Jezal dan Luthar a vain and self-obsessed nobleman, Bayaz the first of the Magi, Bethod King of the North...more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 4 2 false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 11:51:08 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 07:41:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 886955 159102594X 9781591025948 119 29 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255681165m/886955.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/886955.The_Blade_Itself 5 2 false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 08 19:27:22 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 25 21:09:00 -0700 2008
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I found the book very engaging and even though I don't like any of the people I found myself draw...more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 3 2 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 30 13:21:02 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 21 20:17:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 3 1 false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 10:46:25 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 09:13:17 -0700 2008
Of course, the danger in such a book is that you wind up with utterly unlikable characters and no one to root for. Afterall, you may not...more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 4 1 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Nov 05 05:57:59 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 05 06:01:01 -0800 2007
At first glance, the book has a similarity to many other fantasies currently doing the rounds. The book has been sold as ‘gritty heroic fantasy’, though there are subtle differences enough here to make it better than a run of ...more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 4 1 false Mon Jan 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 12:09:47 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 10:20:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 5 0 false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 21:22:50 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 21:33:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 3 0 false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 20:12:27 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 21:41:04 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 886955 159102594X 9781591025948 119 29 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255681165m/886955.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/886955.The_Blade_Itself 4 0 false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:23:17 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:23:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 4 0 true Fri Jul 10 16:40:34 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 19:53:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 4 0 false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 11:21:08 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 16:22:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 2 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 14:04:03 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 10:24:09 -0700 2007 The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scar Night, and His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, Book 1)...more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 4 2 false Thu Sep 10 10:21:26 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 13:57:02 -0700 2009
That said, this book is a different type of fantasy. There's magic, there's lots of violence, no...more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 4 2 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:14:50 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 10:04:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 4 1 false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 20:12:11 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 20:14:55 -0800 2009 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 3 0 false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 22:58:59 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 09:09:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 944073 0575079797 9780575079793 1230 246 The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1) 4.13 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179673778m/944073.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944073.The_Blade_Itself 5 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 15:40:04 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 15:46:35 -0800 2009
Joe Abercrombie's a very visual writer, especially when it comes to action sequences. He's able to write battl...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=944073