A Little Hatred – Joe Abercrombie

A Little Hatred – Joe Abercrombie

Why hasn’t this been made into a TV series? There’s beautiful people, swords and magic. I listened to this, and the narrator (Steven Pacey) is superb!

Here’s the blurb …

The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever.

On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal’s son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments.

Savine dan Glokta – socialite, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in the Union – plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessary. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control.

The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. Glimpsing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing it will be quite another…

I really enjoyed this (so much so I am currently listening to the second) – it has a very medieval Europe feel to it. We follow various different characters from all walks of life – (some of them have great names – it took me a while to work out that ‘the bloody nine’ was in fact one person and not nine!) It’s witty and the world building is fabulous.

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