The Trouble With Peace
Peace breeds new conflict as a reluctant King Orso takes the Union's throne.
The Trouble With Peace is the second novel in The Age of Madness trilogy, Joe Abercrombie's second trilogy set in the First Law world. It was published in September 2020 by Gollancz in the UK and Orbit in the US.
Quick Facts
- Author
- Joe Abercrombie
- Published
- September 2020
- Publisher
- Gollancz (UK), Orbit (US)
- Series
- The Age of Madness (book 2)
- Preceded by
- A Little Hatred
- Followed by
- The Wisdom of Crowds
Facts from the source article.
Background
After the defeat of Stour Nightfall in single combat and the collapse of the workers' uprising in Valbeck, a rare peace settles on the Union, Angland and the North. With the death of King Jezal, a reluctant King Orso takes the throne hoping for reform, but his Closed Council, led by Bayaz, would rather things stayed as they were; the nobles of the Open Council grow restless, and the Breakers and Burners have only been driven underground. Leo dan Brock, now Lord Governor of Angland, is bored by peacetime and outraged at Angland's treatment, and openly defies the king before the gathered lords.
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