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Book description: Inquisitor Glokt is having a hard time; he is entrusted with an impossible task, and “impossible” is putting it mildly. He must replace his mentor in Dagosk. Everything would be fine, but this place is under full siege by the Gurkhas. At the same time, the territory of England was enveloped in a war, which was unleashed by the self-proclaimed King of the North, Bethod, and the Union troops opposed him. Doubts reigned supreme among the leadership of the Union army. Even despite the high chances of victory, they are still afraid of their opponent, because they do not know what meanness and trump cards are hidden in their sleeve.
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Dark times have arrived in the Middle Lands. The Union army suffers defeat after defeat from the army of the self-proclaimed King Bethod. Conspiracies and treason bring confusion to the minds of people. Strange murders and kidnappings of government officials terrify the aristocratic elite. To save the Union, the Archmage Bayaz decides on a dangerous undertaking: he goes to the edge of the world, because a terrible magical weapon that can stop evil is stored there. And of course, the legendary warrior Logen the Nine-Fingered, nicknamed the Nine Deaths, helps him in this...
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Quotes from Before They Hang by Joe Abercrombie
Death is a strange thing. While she is far away, you can laugh at her, but the closer she is, the more terrible she looks. Here she is nearby - and no one laughs.
– It is not necessary to love the enemy or even fear him in order to yearn for peace. It's enough to love yourself.
Self-pity ends in selfishness, and there is nothing more pitiable in a leader. Self-love is for children and fools. A great leader puts others before himself. You won't believe how much this helps.
But my politeness will not change anything here today. They hate me for who I am, not for what I say. So I prefer to say whatever I want while I can.
Men who would not move a mile from their village were forcibly sent overseas to an unknown country to fight an enemy with whom they had no quarrel.
If you heard a reproach, you are stung by your own guilt, and not by my accusations. I don't take sides, you know that. And I never accepted it.
Years pass... The unimaginable becomes everyday, the disgusting becomes boring, the unbearable becomes routine. I push all this into the farthest corners of my consciousness; an unimaginable accumulation has accumulated there. It's amazing that you can live with such baggage...
– The process of decline cannot be described in a nutshell. Success and glory are always accompanied by defeat and shame. And also quiet envy.
Joe Abercrombie is a young British writer, author of the acclaimed dark fantasy trilogy “The First Law”, the hope of the genre, who is not only predicted to have a great future after a successful debut, but the debut itself is recognized as an extraordinary event. Rights to his works have been acquired in thirteen countries, and Abercrombie's books have already been translated into several languages, including German, Spanish, French, Czech, Swedish, Dutch and Russian.
The future shaker of the “common places” of the fantasy genre was born on the last day of 1974 in Lancaster. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School, where he spent most of his time "playing computer games, rolling dice and drawing maps of non-existent places." Then he entered the University of Manchester, where he studied psychology. After which he first got into TV, and then became a freelance editor. His work has included various documentaries, award ceremonies and concerts, as well as videos for Barry White, Coldplay and The Killers (a list of TV series on which he has worked can be viewed on Abercrombie's IMDb page).
In 2002, Joe returned to his long-time dream of single-handedly rethinking established genre clichés, and began seriously writing his first novel, “The Blade Itself” (in Russian translation called “Blood and Iron”), telling about the misadventures of Logen Ninefingers, a barbarian from philosophical attitude to life. In 2004, he completed it, but it took another 2 years to find a publisher and publish the book. Joe's acquaintance with Gillian Redfearn of Gollancz led to the signing of two consecutive contracts providing for the publication of a total of five novels by this native of Lancashire.
In 2007 - 2008, Abercrombie brilliantly completed what he started by releasing the novels “Before They Are Hanged” and “The Last Argument of Kings” - the continuation and, accordingly, completion of the “The First Law” trilogy, in a certain sense, one big book (which , for example, is “A Song of Ice and Fire” by George Martin).
Among his non-genre sources of inspiration, Abercrombie especially notes the police thrillers of J. Ellroy, the Arthurian trilogy of B. Cornwell, as well as popular television series in recent years: “The Sopranos,” “The Wire,” “Battlestar Galactica” and “Deadwood.”
When the books were released, reviewers were full of praise: “A deliciously wicked book” (Guardian), “Dark, deeply ironic, full of brilliant characters that will resonate with the cynical side of your nature...” (sfrevu.com), “Great read: gritty, paced and unpretentious" (SFX magazine), "We're right there in these guys' heads, thanks to the author's style... His knowing tone means that the proceedings will often be cast in an ironic light, with supporting characters that teeter on the edge of the Dickensian." (Dave Bradley, SFX Magazine)
Writers did not lag behind the critics, responding enthusiastically, and maybe even enviously:
“If you like bloodless, stilted fantasy, with characters as fragile as newspaper pages and as boring as plaster figurines of saints, Joe Abercrombie will really ruin your day...” Scott Lynch.
“In his fictional world there are unresolved contradictions... and an awareness of the inevitability of violence that is very modern... his reader is rewarded with many things” Lisa Tuttle.
“The twisted plot simply brings with it barbarian warriors with genuine bravery (and real wounds), corrupt aristocrats with redemptive potential, wizards with baffling plans... plus the cutest master craftsman of all time. The First Law trilogy is an adventure whose characters develop in tough, unpredictable, compelling ways, in an equally tough and strange world. In a world that is sometimes terrible and always amazing..." John Meaney.
“Abercrombie headed straight to superstar status” J. VanderMeer.
After such statements, it’s somehow hard to believe in skeptical statements about stagnation in the genre...
Lived in North London. Currently lives in Bath, Somerset, with his wife Lou, two daughters and a son. He has no plans to change the current rhythm of life and move from freelancers to the category of “professional writers”. By the way, anticipating idle curiosity, we can add that neither the writer Lynn Abercrombie nor the jazz guitarist John Abercrombie are his relatives.
He was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award two years in a row. Also, his novels were twice recognized as “books of the year” by visitors to the popular thematic resource SFF World.
Together with Philip Pullman, Terry Pratchett and China Miéville, in early 2008, Joe participated in the BBC television project “World of Fantasy”, where he spoke about... the influence of Mervyn Peake on modern British fantasy.
Abercrombie's new book, Best Served Cold, was published in June 2009. A standalone novel about mercenaries, painful deaths and crooked paths, which takes place in the world of the First Law four years after the events of the debut trilogy. The author himself describes this book as “dark, gritty, and very, very bloody...” and characterizes it as a “fantasy thriller.” It became his first work with an officially approved map. By the way, you could get acquainted with some of the main characters of the novel in the second volume of the debut trilogy. "Best Served Cold" was voted Best Novel of 2009 by SFFWorld, ranked #3 in the SF Site Readers' Choice, and was nominated for The August Derleth Fantasy Award.
At the end of June 2010, Abercrombie’s story (“The Fool Jobs”) appeared in the anthology of heroic fantasy by Lou Anders and Jonathan Strahan, which, according to the first reviews, was called perhaps the best in it. In 2011, the writer's new novel, The Heroes, was released, which a year later was shortlisted for the British Fantasy Award and nominated for The David Gemmell Legend Award for Fantasy (DGLA). In 2012, the novel "A Red Country" was published, conventionally referred to by Joe as a "fantasy western".
Under his contract with Gollancz, Joe Abercrombie must write three more books about the world of The First Law, so he is busy preparing to put the ideas for a new trilogy on paper. However, the author now spends most of his time writing another cycle - fantasy for a young audience, in which events taking place in a pseudo-medieval world, not connected with the world of the Earthly Circle, are described from the perspective of the main teenage characters. In addition, several of Abercrombie's stories are being prepared for publication, and negotiations are underway to release a collection of his stories.
“You can keep the Aragorns and Gandalfs. I'd much rather share a pint with Boromir and Saruman. Although, if you think about it, Saruman is probably one of those who prefer drinks made from pure malt...”
“Obviously, you can’t write a story set in a fictional world without creating that world, and what you create has to be compelling. I just think that the detailed worldbuilding aspect of epic fantasy often goes so far that it overwhelms everything else. People are trying to “reprofessorize the Professor”; endlessly compete with each other to be the author of the most detailed, complex and lengthy book. It's as if the whole idea was to draw a set of geographical maps and - wow, we solved all the problems! - all that remains is to sketch a couple of touchingly clichéd characters. So that there would be someone to wander between Zanvonz and Vibwab, along the way, through leisurely conversation, leaking information about how their magic system functions...
But for me, the only things that really interest me in stories are the characters and the dialogue... Detailed descriptions are great where they're really needed. But not at the expense of those things that actually make the story “right,” right?”
“Ultimately, I guess I was just trying to write books that I wanted to read. An epic mixture of love, war and everything else in the same spirit. Some amount of torture, some amount of intrigue. A little mystery and a little magic. A small number of sex scenes and a hell of a lot of violence that causes an adrenaline rush. A couple of grandiose scenes that create awe and a couple of sickening surprises on the way to a thrilling, shocking climax. Laughter, tears and a little nausea. The whole range of emotions.
And most importantly - several energetic characters, with tough but funny dialogue. Enough?
If you don’t think it’s impudent, can I ask you $10 for this?”
From Abercrombie's interview with sfx.co.uk