Hardcover, 512 pages
Published Sept. 15, 2020 by Orbit.
Favourite book in the First Law setting in a while and it's a high bar for me. The sexual tension has gotten better as Abercrombie has learnt about diversity.
Highly enjoyable Abercrombie. This book continues on his industrial revolution development of his fantasy society. A bold take as most fantasy authors keep their psuedo-feudal societies locked in a certain period (sometimes for millenia) as if progress was not a thing.
Progress is definitely a thing here as there is also a note of pathos as the old guard of characters fades into the background and his new characters come to the fore.
All the usual flourishes are here and the book just skips along. It is definitely the continuation of a series, you couldn't just jump in here but then that is true of most fantasy output.
Recommended.
