The Trouble with Peace

The Gripping Sunday Times Bestselling Fantasy

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The Trouble with Peace

By: Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

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Second in the age of Madness trilogy, The Trouble with Peace is the next instalment of a series which is revolutionising fantasy....

Conspiracy. Betrayal. Rebellion.

Peace is just another kind of battlefield....

Savine dan Glokta, once Adua's most powerful investor, finds her judgement, fortune and reputation in tatters. But she still has all her ambitions, and no scruple will be permitted to stand in her way.

For heroes like Leo dan Brock and Stour Nightfall, only happy with swords drawn, peace is an ordeal to end as soon as possible. But grievances must be nursed, power seized and allies gathered first, while Rikke must master the power of the Long Eye...before it kills her.

Unrest worms into every layer of society. The Breakers still lurk in the shadows, plotting to free the common man from his shackles, while noblemen bicker for their own advantage. Orso struggles to find a safe path through the maze of knives that is politics, only for his enemies, and his debts, to multiply.

The old ways are swept aside, and the old leaders with them, but those who would seize the reins of power will find no alliance, no friendship, and no peace, lasts forever.

Dark Fantasy

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Epic Fantasy

Fantasy

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Historical

Emotionally Gripping

Thought-Provoking

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"Joe Abercrombie is doing some terrific work." (George R. R. Martin)

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What I love about Joe Abercrombie is that he can have your personal allegiance to a character flip and twist multiple times as he weaves his tales. There are others who build lore and forshadow amd enritch their worlds more deftly than he, this is true, but his character work really is second to none. It's blistering with nuance humour and a merciless view of humanity that is, probably, quite sadly, more true tham false. At least in where the persuit of power is concerned.

If your thinking... "well this sounds like a review of any one of his books"...then... your right, but then again... its always nice to be consistently and remorselessly brilliant than forgettable.