Red Country
Shy South and her stepfather Lamb chase stolen children across the Far Country.
Red Country is Joe Abercrombie's sixth novel and the third stand-alone novel set in the First Law world. It was released on 18 October 2012 in the UK by Gollancz and on 20 November 2012 in the US by Orbit.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Joe Abercrombie
- Published
- 18 October 2012 (UK), 20 November 2012 (US)
- Publisher
- Gollancz (UK), Orbit (US)
- Setting
- The Near Country and the Far Country
- Preceded by
- The Heroes
- Followed by
- A Little Hatred
Facts from the source article.
Background
Shy South and her stepfather Lamb live on a farm south of the little town of Squaredeal in the Near Country, a lawless land west of Starikland. Coming home from town, they find the farm burned, their old friend Gully hanged and the children Ro and Pit gone. Following the kidnappers, whose leader Grega Cantliss has a buyer somewhere past the mining town of Crease, they join a Fellowship guided by the scout Dab Sweet. Meanwhile the mercenary Nicomo Cosca and his Company of the Gracious Hand, fresh from helping the Union quell a rebellion in Starikland, are hired by Inquisitor Lorsen and Superior Pike of the Union Inquisition. Lamb, it turns out, is missing a finger.
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