The First Law Trilogy: Before They Are Hanged (Series #2) (Paperback)

from furriebarry

Notable improvement on the average first book. Characterisation moves away from the omnipresent author's voice. The plot moves beyond constant set ups. Still suffers from heavy handedness in places but if the third book continues this rate of improvement then it will be something special. Good fa...

from Tyllwin

In this second book of The First Law the scope rapidly expands beyond the decadent empire of the Union and out onto three tracks: The war in the north, the troubles in the south and a quest to the edge of the world. It's actually, I think, a better story than The Blade Itself because he can focus...

from Ellemir

Part two of The First Law trilogy. Our anti-heroes of The blade itself find themselves in really unpleasant situations - warfare in the north against threatening barbarians having more than one surprise ready for their enemies, a quest towards the end of the world with a lot of nasty encounters a...

from Kiddboyblue

This second installment had a slow start. A very slow start, and I was beginning to worry that it would be very dull compared to the amazing start the series had in "The Blade Itself." However, once it finally picked up in the last third, it was relentless and didn't let down. Bloody battle after...

from dgold

Not as wonderful as that which precedes it, Before They Are Hanged still manages to be a great piece of Fantasy Fiction. This book relies on one of the great tropes of all writing, the old Throw'em together and they'll stick routine. Nevertheless, there's more than enough here to make for a crack...