![]() However, I did find parts of ‘Before They Are Hanged’ a little slower than its predecessor, something of a slog at times. Add to the already colourful cast an artist’s palette of pompous Princes, traitorous underlings, and a helping of sell-out Merchants, and you’re sure to be in for a rip-roaring performance.Ībercrombie set the standard with his quirky prose in ‘The Blade Itself’ and continues it into ‘Before They Are Hanged’. ![]() Old characters are unmistakeable in their weathered and worn guises, pumped up with the blood of a good scrap. The plot is wide and wonderful, encompassing a journey to new-ends, a bitter fight to the end, and a charge to glory on the battlefield. Embattled on both north and south fronts, the Union struggles to keep its head above water. In ‘Before They Are Hanged’, the reader is plunged straight into the deep-end. ![]() ‘Before They Are Hanged’ is a hard-fought, hard-earned story of ancient secrets, old foes, and fresh blood. Joe Abercrombie’s Before They Are Hanged is the sequel to his debut novel ‘The Blade Itself’, and the second book of the First Law series. ![]()
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