Last Argument of Kings

The First Law Series - Book 3

Last Argument of Kings

By Joe Abercrombie
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“The sword & sorcery trilogy that began with The Blade Itself and Before They Are Hanged comes to a violent, sardonic, and brilliant conclusion.”

Publishers Weekly

The final novel in the First Law Trilogy by New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie.

Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him—but it's going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the king of the Northmen still stands firm, and there's only one man who can stop him. His oldest friend, and his oldest enemy: it's time for the Bloody-Nine to come home.

With too many masters and too little time, Superior Glokta is fighting a different kind of war. A secret struggle in which no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. As his days with a sword are far behind him, it's fortunate that he's deadly with his remaining weapons: blackmail, threats, and torture.

Jezal dan Luthar has decided that winning glory is too painful an undertaking and turned his back on soldiering for a simple life with the woman he loves. But love can be painful too—and glory has a nasty habit of creeping up on a man when he least expects it.

The king of the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt, and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. No one believes that the shadow of war is about to fall across the heart of the Union. Only the First of the Magi can save the world, but there are risks.

There is no risk more terrible, than to break the First Law …

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  1. Michael
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    If it were possible to apologize to books, my apologies would be to the first two books in this trilogy. I thought the first book was ok. There wasn't anything about it that made me love this book, although to be honest, Sand dan Glokta is a fantastic character. In fact, it was Glokta who kept me in the loop in the second book, which I liked less than the first. He has been the glue to keep me tied to the story and entice me to complete it. Now, I see what was happening. Not only are these books one long story, but books one and two were setup books for this one, which delivered many times over. I was tuned in from page one. This book had quite a few twists; none of them felt forced. There was tension and anticipation masterfully woven this time, as Abercrombie brought the fight to us that he'd held in front of us like dangling carrots previously. While I still feel like Bayaz's tale in book 2 was an overlong red herring, Bayaz delivered the beats for the rhythm of this book. Also, I previously stated that this trilogy did not feel grimdark, as many others have described it. This is the book that made me see it. Lastly, while the First Law trilogy won't make it into my top 10 series of all time, Last Argument of Kings has at least made into my top 10 books for the year, and it has a strong chance to still be there at year's end.

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