Книга: Joe Abercrombie «The Heroes»

The Heroes

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, on a worthless hill, in an unimportant valley, and they've brought a lot of sharpened metal with them. Bremer dan Gorst, disgraced master swordsman, has sworn to reclaim his stolen honour on the battlefield. Obsessed with redemption and addicted to violence, he's far past caring how much blood gets spilled in the attempt. Even if it's his own. Prince Calder isn't interested in honour, and still less in getting himself killed. All he wants is power, and he'll tell any lie, use any trick, and betray any friend to get it. Just as long as he doesn't have to fight for it himself. Curnden Craw, the last honest man in the...

Издательство: "Gollancz" (2012)

Формат: 130x200, 622 стр.

ISBN: 978-0-575-08385-1

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Joe Abercrombie

Joe Abercrombie is a British fantasy writer and film editor. He is the author of The First Law trilogy.

Biography

Joe Abercrombie was born on 31 December 1974 in Lancaster, England. He was educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School and Manchester University, where he studied psychology. He moved into television production before taking up a career as a freelance film editor. During a break between jobs he began writing "The Blade Itself" in 2002, completing it in 2004. It was published by Gollancz in 2006 and was followed by two other books in The First Law Trilogy, "Before They Are Hanged" and "Last Argument of Kings". He currently lives and works in London with his wife and daughter. In early 2008 Joe Abercrombie was one of the contributors to the BBC Worlds of Fantasy series, alongside other contributors such as Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett and China Mieville [ [http://www.joeabercrombie.com/2007/12/me-on-tv.html Blog Entry] - 4 December 2007] .

Bibliography

The First Law Trilogy

# "The Blade Itself" (May 2006)
# "Before They Are Hanged" (March 2007)
# "Last Argument of Kings" (March 2008)

Also in the First Law Universe

# "Best Served Cold" (forthcoming in 2009, first of two planned stand-alone novels) [ [http://www.joeabercrombie.com/2007/08/best-served-cold.html Author website.] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.joeabercrombie.com/ Joe Abercrombie's homepage]

Interviews

* [http://nethspace.blogspot.com/2007/10/joe-abercrombie-answers-questions-five.html Interview with Joe Abercrombie at Neth Space]
* [http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2006/12/joe-abercrombie-interview.html Interview with Joe Abercrombie] conducted by Pat's Fantasy Hotlist, 7 December 2006.
* [http://www.uksfbooknews.net/2007/03/08/joe-abercrombie-on-new-novel-before-they-are-hanged/ Interview with Joe Abercrombie] at UKSF Book News, 8 March 2007
* [http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=an_interview_with_author_joe Interview with Joe Abercrombie] conducted by SFX Magazine, 30 April 2007
* [http://aidanmoher.com/blog/?p=36 Interview with Joe Abercrombie] with Aidan Moher at Dribble of Ink, 31 July 2007
* [http://aidanmoher.com/blog/?p=120 Interview with Joe Abercrombie] with Aidan Moher at Dribble of Ink, 11 February 2008
* [http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/features/arc/2008/nz12286.php Article written by Joe Abercrombie] on his influences, by SFcrowsnest, 1st March 2008

Источник: Joe Abercrombie

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