Before They Are Hanged (First Law Trilogy #2)

by Joe Abercrombie Narrated by Steven Pacey

Overview

The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie.

Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It's enough to make a torturer want to run -- if he could even walk without a stick.

Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. Crown Prince Ladisla is poised to drive them back and win undying glory. There is only one problem -- he commands the worst-armed, worst-trained, worst-led army in the world.

And Bayaz, the First of the Magi, is leading a party of bold adventurers on a perilous mission through the ruins of the past. The most hated woman in the South, the most feared man in the North, and the most selfish boy in the Union make a strange alliance, but a deadly one. They might even stand a chance of saving mankind from the Eaters -- if they didn't hate each other quite so much.

Ancient secrets will be uncovered. Bloody battles will be won and lost. Bitter enemies will be forgiven -- but not before they are hanged.

First Law Trilogy
The Blade Itself
Before They Are Hanged
Last Argument of Kings


For more from Joe Abercrombie, check out:

Novels in the First Law world
Best Served Cold
The Heroes
Red Country

Editorial Reviews

The Independent (UK)

New, fresh, and exciting.

Wall Street Journal on The Heroes

"Lord of the Rings as directed by Kurosawa.

SFX (UK)

Exhilarating... Abercrombie's knack for wit and grit holds your attention throughout, and his eye for character means that there's heart as well as muscle.

Wall Street Journal on The Heroes Lev Grossman

Imagine The Lord of the Rings as directed by Kurosawa.

Realms of Fantasy

Nobody writes grittier heroic fantasy than Joe Abercrombie…Immediate, daring, and utterly entertaining…Abercrombie is headed for superstar status.”

author of The Lies of Locke Lamora on The Blade It Scott Lynch

If you're fond of bloodless, turgid fantasy with characters as thin as newspaper and as boring as plaster saints, Joe Abercrombie is really going to ruin your day. A long career for this guy would be a gift to our genre.

George R. R. Martin on Best Served Cold

Bloody and relentless.

Junot Diaz

Abercrombie has written the finest epic fantasy trilogy in recent memory. He's one writer that no one should miss.

Jeff VanderMeer on The Blade Itself

Bold and authentically original.

Locus on Red Country

Pointed, driven, and sharp.

The A.V. Club

[Abercrombie has] begun breaking his own rules. And succeeding wildly at it. ... Rarely has Abercrombie had so much fun while rollicking through his colorful cast's foibles and witty dialogue - and rarely has he dished out so much straight-for-the-heart poignancy.

Strange Horizons on The Blade Itself

Compelling characters, a complex plot, and style to burn.

SFX

Abercrombie’s…eye for character means that there’s heart as well as muscle.”

Time on The Heroes

Magnificent, richly entertaining

From the Publisher

"Bloody and relentless."—George R. R. Martin on Best Served Cold

"Bold and authentically original."—Jeff VanderMeer on The Blade Itself

"Abercrombie has written the finest epic fantasy trilogy in recent memory. He's one writer that no one should miss."—Junot Diaz

"If you're fond of bloodless, turgid fantasy with characters as thin as newspaper and as boring as plaster saints, Joe Abercrombie is really going to ruin your day. A long career for this guy would be a gift to our genre."—Scott Lynch, author of The Lies of Locke Lamora on The Blade Itself

"Compelling characters, a complex plot, and style to burn."—Strange Horizons on The Blade Itself

"Pointed, driven, and sharp."—Locus on Red Country

"Magnificent, richly entertaining"—Time on The Heroes

"Imagine The Lord of the Rings as directed by Kurosawa."—Lev Grossman, Wall Street Journal on The Heroes

"[Abercrombie has] begun breaking his own rules. And succeeding wildly at it. ... Rarely has Abercrombie had so much fun while rollicking through his colorful cast's foibles and witty dialogue - and rarely has he dished out so much straight-for-the-heart poignancy."—The A.V. Club

"New, fresh, and exciting."—The Independent (UK)

"Exhilarating... Abercrombie's knack for wit and grit holds your attention throughout, and his eye for character means that there's heart as well as muscle."—SFX (UK)

"Lord of the Rings as directed by Kurosawa."—Wall Street Journal on The Heroes

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170380220
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	09/08/2015
Series:	First Law Trilogy
Edition description:	Unabridged

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