false<![CDATA[Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3)]]>9440768The sword & sorcery trilogy that began with The Blade Itself and Before They Are Hanged comes to a violent, sardonic and brilliant conclusion.
The shaky Union, menaced simultaneously by rampaging Northmen and by Gurkish invaders from the south, now must contend with intrigue and treachery in its capital, Adua.
Summoned to play parts in a devastating confrontation between magical forces, conscience-ridden berserker Logen Ninefingers and honest, weary Union commander Colonel West come down from the north to meet painfully self-aware torturer Glokta, revenge-obsessed female warrior Ferro, pliable young adventurer Jezal and scheming, unscrupulous mage Bayaz.
All these people are believable, especially as they dabble in grimly convincing magic and struggle to hear their consciences through the roar of carnage and betrayal. 929012book2032008Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3)total:771|5:339|4:302|3:97|2:26|1:7|7713253117312342falsefalseThu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009Wed Mar 11 12:21:06 -0700 2009Sun Jun 28 13:47:18 -0700 2009 Mixed feelings.
Definitely it is not worth re-reading, otherwise it would be like Logen, pissing into the wind. Real life is depressing enough, why make it worse?
I didn't expect a happy ending, but everything, absolutely everything to...more...]]>
32falsetrueSun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008Mon May 12 09:37:06 -0700 2008Wed Sep 17 14:17:45 -0700 20081 The plot: The series centers around the travails of a country called the Union and the characters' efforts to save it both from an invasion of Northern barbarians and one from southern crusaders (the Gurkish) led by a coven of can...more...]]>
04falsefalseSun Mar 01 19:44:23 -0800 2009Mon Mar 02 18:41:41 -0800 2009 1) It's the third and final volume in a trilogy that up to this book was pretty much as good as fantasy gets: good characterizations, egaging plot, nice overall writing style, etc etc etc.
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that pitfall. And I was expecting him and Ferro to resolve thei...more...]]>
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51falsefalseSat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009Sat Jul 04 08:15:52 -0700 2009Sat Jul 04 08:15:55 -0700 2009 Some may be a bit put off by how grim the ending appears to be, but I would argue that there was no other way this story could...more...]]>
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This was a refreshing series. I love fantasy books, but for some reason they end up being the same old story. Frankly that gets a little boring. Its nice to see some new elem...more...]]>
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Published by Gollancz, March 2008
ISBN: 9780575077898 (Hardback); 978-0575077904 (Trade)
670 pages (ARC Copy received); 544 pages in published format.
These days it’s a bit of a cliché to talk of fantasy trilogies - the type ...more...]]>
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http://preita.com/2009/07/27/the-first-l... One of the most fantastic series ending books I've ever read. Warning: This book is violent and bloody and all the more fantastic because of it. I am surprised to find that while Logen the northerman barbar...more...]]>
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41falsefalseSun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009Tue Mar 31 06:51:40 -0700 2009Tue Mar 31 06:51:59 -0700 2009 She really enjoyed the first two books of Joe Abercrombie's The First Law trilogy. This story was original, had a unique style, fascinating characters, and a darkly cynical style. She liked it. It was fresh. But she was kind...more...]]>
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This is a solid fantasy series. The fe...more...]]>
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40falsefalseSat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon Jul 20 09:16:23 -0700 2009Mon Aug 17 14:56:02 -0700 2009 This was the best of the three, by far. My least favorite character, Jezal, made his transformation to something interesting...more...]]>
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30falsefalseWed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009Wed Jul 29 10:03:38 -0700 2009Wed Jul 29 10:29:10 -0700 2009 An overarching theme of the series is the nature...more...]]>
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