Half the World, Joe Abercrombie
Half the World, Joe Abercrombie
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Half the World

Author: Joe Abercrombie

Narrator: John Keating

Unabridged: 13 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/17/2015

Synopsis

Thorn is such a girl. Desperate to avenge her dead father, she lives to fight. But she has been named a murderer by the very man who trained her to kill. She finds herself caught up in the schemes of Father Yarvi, Gettland's deeply cunning minister. Crossing half the world to find allies against the ruthless High King, she learns harsh lessons of blood and deceit. Beside her on the journey is Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill, a failure in his eyes and hers, but with one chance at redemption. Will Thorn forever be a pawn in the hands of the powerful, or can she carve her own path?

About Joe Abercrombie

Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy writer best known for his acclaimed First Law Trilogy: The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, and Last Argument of Kings. A freelance film editor as well, he works mostly on documentaries and live music events for bands from Coldplay to Iron Maiden. He was nominated for the 2008 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Joe lives with his wife and daughter in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May

“Where do we find allies?” Father Yarvi smiled. “Among our enemies, where else?” This series is really good. It was by accident that I stumbled across Half a King last year and decided to take my chances on it. I’m not a huge fan of traditional fantasy because it tends to be wordy, 1000-pages long......more

Goodreads review by Robin

An excellent book. It continues the tale begun in Half a King. sort of. That is, we shift to totally different point of view characters who offer us a radically different view of what is happening in this world. I feel the reader could jump right into this book without having read book 1 (Half a Kin......more

Goodreads review by Val ⚓️ Shameless Handmaiden ⚓️

4.5 Stars I really enjoyed this. As I said in my review for book one, I really love Abercrombie's writing style. It's just so...easily digestible and the pages fly by without you even realizing it. This book also offered an experience I found quite novel: Book one is basically wholly told from the PO......more

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