Sharp Ends
Joe Abercrombie's First Law short stories, from Glokta's glory days to the Bloody-Nine.
Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law is Joe Abercrombie's first collection of short stories. It was first published in April 2016 by Gollancz in the UK, with an American edition from Orbit. Many of the stories appeared before in anthologies or special editions of the First Law books; others are entirely new.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Joe Abercrombie
- Published
- April 2016
- Publisher
- Gollancz (UK), Orbit (US)
- Type
- Short story collection
- Timeframe
- 566 to 592
- Preceded by
- Red Country
Facts from the source article.
Background
The stories span the years 566 to 592 of the world's history. In A Beautiful Bastard, Colonel Sand dan Glokta thinks he can save the day single-handed when the Gurkish come calling; in Made a Monster, the chieftain Bethod tries to bring peace to the North despite his own lunatic champion, the Bloody-Nine. Other stories follow Shevedieh, a self-styled best thief, and her friend and greatest enemy Javre, Lioness of Hoskopp, and Curnden Craw and his dozen sent to recover a mysterious item from beyond the Crinna.
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