It’s a revenge tale and family drama and the return of the prodigal son. I dare you to read the first chapter and try not to turn the next page.”-Brent Weeks “Half a King can be summed up in a single word: masterpiece.

With eye-popping plot twists and rollicking good action, Half a King is definitely a full adventure.”-Rick Riordan “Enthralling! An up-all-night read.”-Robin Hobb “Polished and sharp, perhaps his most technically proficient novel yet.

The fast-paced story draws readers along while setting up what promises to be an explosive final showdown.”-Publishers Weekly “Clever, exciting and unexpected.”-SFF World Praise for Joe Abercrombie’s Half a King “Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that’s saying something.”-Patrick Rothfuss “As in all Abercrombie’s books, friends turn out to be enemies, enemies turn out to be friends the line between good and evil is murky indeed and nothing goes quite as we expect. Abercrombie has a knack for building characters with pathos and wit. makes Katniss Everdeen look like Dorothy Gale.”-Chicago Tribune “Splendid. a thoroughgoing blast, a violent, beautiful rabbit hole of craft that is well worth disappearing into.”-Shelf Awareness “Compelling. full of drama and energy.”-New York Daily News “Another entertaining burst of battle, magic and political machinations from the always reliable Joe Abercrombie. Will Thorn forever be a pawn in the hands of the powerful, or can she carve her own path? Praise for Half the World “An excellent page-turner. Beside her on the journey is Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill, a failure in his eyes and hers, but with one chance at redemption. Crossing half the world to find allies against the ruthless High King, she learns harsh lessons of blood and deceit. She finds herself caught up in the schemes of Father Yarvi, Gettland’s deeply cunning minister. But she has been named a murderer by the very man who trained her to kill. Desperate to avenge her dead father, she lives to fight.

Martin hailed as “a fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page 1 and refused to let go.” “The Shattered Seas trilogy has worked its way into a very exclusive group of my favorite fantasy novels of all time.”-James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maze Runner Sometimes a girl is touched by Mother War. New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie’s thrilling series continues in the follow-up to Half a King, which George R.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED

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