Red Country
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie, published by Orbit on October 15, 2013, is a fantasy novel that immerses readers in a world of vengeance and survival. With 480 pages, this edition presents a gripping narrative where Shy South embarks on a perilous journey to reclaim her stolen family. Accompanied by her stepfather Lamb, whose own dark past complicates their quest, they traverse the lawless Far Country, facing challenges that test their resolve and morality.
In this tale, readers will encounter themes of action and adventure as Shy confronts her bloody history while navigating through a frontier town consumed by greed and conflict. The story unfolds against a backdrop of feuds, duels, and unexpected alliances, particularly with the notorious soldier Nicomo Cosca and his inept lawyer Temple. Red Country is set in the same universe as Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy and other related works, offering a rich exploration of character and consequence in a vividly imagined landscape.
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“Abercrombie writes fantasy like no one else.” – The Guardian
They burned her home.
They stole her brother and sister.
But vengeance is following.
Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she’ll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she’s not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen and her cowardly old step father Lamb for company. But it turns out Lamb’s buried a bloody past of his own. And out in the lawless Far Country the past never stays buried.
Their journey will take them across the barren plains to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feud, duel and massacre, high into the unmapped mountains to a reckoning with the Ghosts. Even worse, it will force them into an alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, and his feckless lawyer Temple, two men no one should ever have to trust . . .
RED COUNTRY takes place in the same world as the First Law trilogy, Best Served Cold, andThe Heroes. This novel also represents the return of Logen Ninefingers, one of Abercrombie’s most beloved characters.
First Law Trilogy
The Blade Itself
Before They Are Hanged
Last Argument of Kings
Novels in the First Law world
Best Served Cold
The Heroes
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