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From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. This blood-drenched, thought-provoking dissection of a three-day battle is set in the same world as Abercrombie's First Law Trilogy (The Blade Itself, etc.), but stands very well alone. Union commander Lord Marshal Kroy coordinates the fight with the aid of a motley group of incompetent, self-important officers. The strangely sympathetic Col. Bremer dan Gorst is officially a royal observer who nurses a burning desire to kill or be killed. Leading a much smaller army against the Union is Black Dow, whose grip on the throne of the Northmen is tenuous and based on fear and brutality. Calder, a slippery and cunning egotist, advocates peace while plotting to take Black Dow's place. Abercrombie never glosses over a moment of the madness, passion, and horror of war, nor the tribulations that turn ordinary people into the titular heroes. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. Review "The Heroes is an indictment of war and the duplicity that corrupts men striving for total power: bloody and violent, but never gratuitously so, it's imbued with cutting humour, acute characterisation and world-weary wisdom about the weaknesses of the huma

Who reads The Heroes?

Author

Abercrombie, Joe.

Publisher

Victor Gollancz Limited

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780575083837

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy

Rating

4.27 / 5 (411 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14