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 | Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie | Reviewed by Harriet Klausner | |
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| Publisher: Pyr
http://www.pyrsf.com ISBN: 9781591026419 Genre: Fiction Subgenre: Fantasy Release date: Format: March 2008 Pages: 448 Price: $15.00 | |||
| In the South, Inquisitor torturer Glokta serves as the superior of the city of Dagoska. He has two missions to accomplish if he is to survive his new position (unlike his recently assassinated predecessor). He must root out the traitors before they murder him; and he must keep the city safe while it is under siege from superior enemy forces, with no hope for outside supplies.
In the North, the powerful, well trained, and equipped Northmen military have invaded neighboring Angland. Crown Prince Ladisla demands leadership of his union army as he plans gloriously to repel the enemy back beyond his frozen border. However, as Major West escorts the bodacious royal fool, he knows his side lacks proper arms, training, leadership and courage, while the other side will swamp the battlefield with its superiority. In the center, the First of the Magi Bayaz leads a party of pariahs (incompetent apprentice Malacus Quai, warrior Logen, Ferro the Navigator, Brother Longfoot, and Jezal) seeking the Seed. Each person distrusts the rest of the participants, but it is this band that must defeat the Eaters that threaten humanity. Bayaz understands this, so he tells the tale of creation to encourage them As with the First Law Book One: The Blade Itself, the second tale contains three well-written major plots; there is also somewhat of a fourth segue re the Named Men remaining undecided. The best of the trio is Glotka’s saga, as the audience sees deep into his unsympathetic “soul” while he tortures (graphically) anyone, using the rationale that he seeks to save the people by rooting out enemy plotters; his detachment from his victims is classic. The West subplot is fun to follow too, as he knows what his prince is leading them into but can do little to prevent their charge into the valley of death (think of "The Charge of the Light Brigade"). Finally, the Bayaz clip tells a lot about the history of the world in vivid descriptions, but his teammates fail to listen. This is a complex well-written quest fantasy that will have the audience clamoring for the next law book. | |||
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