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The blade itself / Joe Abercrombie.
Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers. Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain, shallow, selfish and self-obsessed, the biggest blot on his horizon is having to get out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring old men. And Logen Ninefingers, an infamous warrior with a bloody past, is about to wake up in a hole in the snow with plans to settle a blood feud with Bethod, the new King of the Northmen, once and for all - ideally by running away from it. But as he's discovering, old habits die really, really hard indeed - especially when Bayaz gets involved.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316387316 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 0316387312 (trade pbk.)
- Physical Description: 542 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First Orbit edition.
- Publisher: New York : Orbit, 2015.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : Gollancz, 2006. Includes excerpts from: Before they are hanged / by Joe Abercrombie (pages 509-526); A crown for cold silver / by Alex Marshall (pages 528-542). |
| Target Audience Note: | N.L. Lexile. |
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| Subject: | Dystopias > Fiction. Antiheroes > Fiction. Torture > Fiction. Social classes > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Union Carnegie Public Library | A ABERCROMBIE (Text) | 37883000404257 | Adult Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Hood River Valley High School Library | FIC ABE (Text) | 33892006074992 | Fiction | Available | - | ||
| Nyssa Public Library | F ABE #1 pb (Text) | 36660000581578 | Adult Fiction | On holds shelf | - | ||
| Vale Emma Humphrey Library | A FIC ABERCROMBIE (Text) | 37918000301200 | Adult Fiction | On holds shelf | - |
Summary:
Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers. Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain, shallow, selfish and self-obsessed, the biggest blot on his horizon is having to get out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring old men. And Logen Ninefingers, an infamous warrior with a bloody past, is about to wake up in a hole in the snow with plans to settle a blood feud with Bethod, the new King of the Northmen, once and for all - ideally by running away from it. But as he's discovering, old habits die really, really hard indeed - especially when Bayaz gets involved.
