Logen Ninefingers—legendary killer, reluctant survivor—has finally run out of luck. On the run and bleeding out, he’s just hoping to die somewhere quiet. Across the Union, dashing nobleman Jezal dan Luthar dreams of fame and fortune, blissfully unaware that war is barreling straight toward him. And in the city’s rotting underbelly, Inquisitor Glokta—crippled torturer, professional cynic—roots out treason one confession at a time.
But everything changes when Bayaz, an irritable old man claiming to be the First of the Magi, reemerges from legend and pulls these unlikely souls into a conspiracy that stretches far beyond their understanding.
In The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie shreds the line between hero and villain in a brutal, brilliant fantasy where power corrupts, pain instructs, and survival has a price.
