Joe AbercrombiePraise for Joe Abercrombie
‘Abercrombie writes dark, adult fantasy, by which I mean there’s lots of stabbing in it, and after people stab each other they sometimes have sex with each other. His tone is morbid and funny and hard-boiled, not wholly dissimilar to that of Iain Banks … And like George R.R. Martin Abercrombie has the will and the cruelty to actually kill and maim his characters … Volumetrically speaking, it’s hard to think of another fantasy novel in which this much blood gets spilled’
Lev Grossman, Time Magazine
‘The books are good, really good. They pulled me in. Well-developed world. Unique, compelling characters. I like them so much that when I got to the end of the second book and found out the third book wasn’t going to be out in the US for another three months, I experienced a fit of rage, then a fit of depression, then I ate some lunch and had a bit of lay down’
Patrick Rothfuss
‘The battles are vivid and visceral, the action brutal, the pace headlong, and Abercrombie piles the betrayals, reversals, and plot twists one atop another to keep us guessing how it will all come out. This is his best book yet’
George R.R. Martin on Best Served Cold
‘Abercrombie writes fantasy like no one else’
The Guardian
‘Joe Abercrombie is probably the brightest star among the new generation of British fantasy writers … Abercrombie never underestimates the horrors that people are prepared to inflict on one another, or their long-lasting, often unexpected, consequences. Abercrombie writes a vivid, well-paced tale that never loosens its grip. His action scenes are cinematic in the best sense, and the characters are all distinct and interesting’
The Times
‘Highly recommended – a funny, finely-wrought, terrifically energetic work of high fantasy. Seek it out’
Joe Hill
‘When it comes to blood and guts in fantasy – there’s nobody better versed than Joe Abercrombie’
The Sun
‘Joe Abercrombie has created a world able to stand alongside landscapes the likes of George R.R. Martin and J.R.R. Tolkien have created in terms of drama, political intrigue and, of course, bloodshed’
SciFiNow
‘Abercrombie leavens the bloody action with moments of dark humour, developing a story suffused with a rich understanding of human darkness and light’