Last Argument of Kings

from majkia

"Still alive!" and "You have to be realistic about these things" will echo in my memory forever thanks (or perhaps not) to Joe Abercrombie and his unforgettable character Logen Ninefingers. This is the last book of his trilogy The First Law and continues on with excellent if dark and sometimes sh...

from amf0001

So, you have to be practical (as Logan would say) but I couldn't... I had to stay up to 3 am to finish this book. This was a great end to an exciting series and lifted the work to a whole new level. Exciting and entertaining, but also thought provoking and interesting. I never loved Glotka, in th...

from bookappeal

Say one thing for Joe Abercrombie - he knows how to spin a good yarn. This final book in the First Law trilogy hits all the notes. The odd combination of travelers has returned from the end of the world and now it's back to regular life which means, of course, war. Final conflict is imminent and ...

from T_K_Elliott

This book was every bit as excellent as I expected it to be. Joe Abercrombie's skill as an author cannot be overstated. The plot moves swiftly, the language is clean, yada yada. He's a great author. What I enjoyed most about Last Argument of Kings was the characters. Joe Abercrombie writes "grey"...

from pstotts

Joe Abercrombie's writing improved drastically between his debut novel, "The Blade Itself", a hard-boiled, profane, dark fantasy-noir, and his follow-up novel, "Before They Are Hanged". Now arrives the final volume in the First Law trilogy, "Last Argument of Kings", and the question naturally ari...