Best Served Cold
Monza Murcatto's revenge on the seven men who betrayed her in Styria.
Best Served Cold is Joe Abercrombie's fourth novel and the first stand-alone novel set in the First Law world. It was first published in June 2009 by Gollancz in the UK, with an American edition from Orbit.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Joe Abercrombie
- Published
- June 2009
- Publisher
- Gollancz (UK), Orbit (US)
- Setting
- Styria
- Preceded by
- Last Argument of Kings
- Followed by
- The Heroes
Facts from the source article.
Background
Set three years after the original trilogy in Styria, a land of warring city-states, it is a tale of betrayal and revenge. Monza Murcatto, leader of the Thousand Swords mercenary company, is thrown down a mountain with her brother Benna by her employer, Grand Duke Orso of Talins. She survives and sets out to kill the seven men responsible: Orso's bodyguard Gobba, his banker Mauthis, his general Ganmark, her second-in-command Faithful Carpi, Orso's sons Prince Ario and Count Foscar, and Orso himself. Her crew includes the Northman Caul Shivers, the ex-convict Friendly, the poisoner Castor Morveer and his apprentice Day, Shylo Vitari and Nicomo Cosca.
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