“With thanks to our distinguished patrons-the Lady Ardee and her daughter Lady Savine dan Glokta.” Curnsbick gave his usual showman’s flourish towards the box where Savine sat, but the clapping now was yet more subdued. The members used to raise the roof of the theatre. “Welcome, one and all, to this fifteenth biannual meeting of Adua’s Solar Society.”Ĭurnsbick, resplendent in a waistcoat embroidered with silver flowers, held up his broad hands for silence, though the applause was muted. ~from The Trouble With Peace by Joe Abercrombie While I suppose this trilogy could be read without reading any of the previous books, I wouldn’t recommend it. If you haven’t read any of Abercrombie’s work, then get thee to a bookstore post-haste! Start with The Blade Itself and go from there. MORE FROM FORBES Behold, The Cover Of Joe Abercrombie's Next Novel 'The Trouble With Peace' By Erik Kainĭon’t read on if you haven’t read A Little Hatred, as there are some pretty major spoilers in the following text. And very rich, troubles or no.īut other complications arise, as you’ll soon find out. Still, she’s plenty stubborn and plenty capable, a savvy businesswoman as clever and as ruthless as her father.

Now she finds herself in a number of binds, not the least of which is a healthy dose of PTSD.

Savine learned some troubling things about her identity and parentage at the end of A Little Hatred, and made some questionable decisions in the wake of that knowledge. It’s a chapter from the point-of-view of Savine dan Glokta, daughter of Sand dan Glokta, the arch lector and shadow-king of the Union. Now I’m able to share with you this exclusive excerpt. More recently I revealed the cover of the second novel, The Trouble With Peace. And because Abercrombie is admirably prolific, I’ll be reviewing The Trouble With Peace in the next couple of weeks prior to its September 15th release. I reviewed the first novel in the new trilogy, A Little Hatred, here. The Trouble With Peace UK cover Credit: Gollancz

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