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Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law

by Joe Abercrombie

A collection of stories from the First Law world

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A collection of stories from the First Law world

Set across the world of the First Law, this collection gathers side stories and backstories around a varied cast: Colonel Sand dan Glokta in the Union army, Curnden Craw and his dozen on a puzzling recovery mission, and the thief Shevedieh alongside Javre, her friend and rival. Another story turns to the idealistic chieftain Bethod, whose effort to make peace in the North is complicated by the Bloody-Nine. The episodes bring together military conflict, uneasy alliances, rivalries, and the costs of pursuing peace, offering several points of entry into the series’ fictional world.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers familiar with the First Law world who want stories beyond its central narrative.
  • Readers interested in fantasy collections featuring military conflict, rivalries, and questions of peace.
  • Readers who enjoy linked episodes with a range of characters and situations.

Themes

War and violenceLoyalty and rivalryThe pursuit of peaceMisadventure and uncertain objectives

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Book overview

Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie.

Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp endings from the world of the First Law.

The Union army may be full of bastards, but there's only one who thinks he can save the day single-handed when the Gurkish come calling: the incomparable Colonel Sand dan Glokta.

Curnden Craw and his dozen are out to recover a mysterious item from beyond the Crinna. Only one small problem: no one seems to know what the item is.

Shevedieh, the self-styled best thief in Styria, lurches from disaster to catastrophe alongside her best friend and greatest enemy, Javre, Lioness of Hoskopp.

And after years of bloodshed, the idealistic chieftain Bethod is desperate to bring peace to the North. There's only one obstacle left -- his own lunatic champion, the most feared man in the North: the Bloody-Nine . . .
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