The Blade Itself

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• The Blade Itself

  The Blade Itself is the first book of Joe Abercrombie's The First Law trilogy. As with many trilogies, the first book of the series is used to introduce us to its variation of the typical fantasy cast. We have the Savage Barbarian with the dark past, ... (read full critics)

  sfsite published on Fri, 3 Sep 2010

• The Blade Itself : Book One of The First Law

  The Blade Itself is the first novel by young British writer Joe Abercrombie and is the opening book of a series, The First Law. The setting, the Union, is reasonably standard pre-gunpowder generic fantasy. The story initially follows three point of v ... (read full critics)

  infinityplus published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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  Fantasy fiction, with excellent characters and very readable - made me want to finish the trilogy.

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  M said on Dec 3, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  It's All about Glokta the Inquisitor

  This one is not easily categorized. It is fantasy-- but it reads like a historical novel about a different world. It's about war and politics and Inquisition. Magic and power happens in little side threads. SO it's not because of the occasional Zap-Boom-Pow, that you will read this series-- it's abo ... (continue)

  This one is not easily categorized. It is fantasy-- but it reads like a historical novel about a different world. It's about war and politics and Inquisition. Magic and power happens in little side threads. SO it's not because of the occasional Zap-Boom-Pow, that you will read this series-- it's about the Inquisitor: Glokta.

  Unloveable, Unpleasant, Ugly, Ill-used and Vengeful. He is still the most Principled of all the players in this saga. You will be amazed at how deeply you will care how this ugly, unpleasant husk of a man picks his way between Kings, Nobles, Warriors and Mages as the world changes around him.

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  Rabh17 said on Jan 26, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Where do I begin to describe this book, at first it seems to hold every sci fi cliche, but it makes so much more of them. Wonderfully written with a very dry sense of humour throughout (Glokta is an inspired creation). Joe Abercrombie has written a book that deserves to be included in the best of ... (continue)

  Where do I begin to describe this book, at first it seems to hold every sci fi cliche, but it makes so much more of them. Wonderfully written with a very dry sense of humour throughout (Glokta is an inspired creation). Joe Abercrombie has written a book that deserves to be included in the best of sci fi lists.

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  Chibi said on Oct 31, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Book 1 of the First Law trilogy.

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  Tif said on Mar 12, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 1596063009
• ISBN-13: 9781596063006
• Publisher: Subterranean Press
• Pub date: Mar 31, 2010
• Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Livros em Português

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