RED COUNTRY
SUMMARY
They burned her home.
They stole her brother and sister.
But vengeance is following.
Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she'll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she's not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen and her cowardly old step father Lamb for company. But it turns out Lamb's buried a bloody past of his own. And out in the lawless Far Country the past never stays buried.
Their journey will take them across the barren plains to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feud, duel and massacre, high into the unmapped mountains to a reckoning with the Ghosts. Even worse, it will force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, and his feckless lawyer Temple, two men no one should ever have to trust . . .
They stole her brother and sister.
But vengeance is following.
Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she'll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she's not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen and her cowardly old step father Lamb for company. But it turns out Lamb's buried a bloody past of his own. And out in the lawless Far Country the past never stays buried.
Their journey will take them across the barren plains to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feud, duel and massacre, high into the unmapped mountains to a reckoning with the Ghosts. Even worse, it will force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, and his feckless lawyer Temple, two men no one should ever have to trust . . .
REVIEW
Joe
Abercrombie’s books are not for the feint of heart. They contain some of the
most violent writing and gruesome battle scenes I’ve ever read.
That said I
haven’t come across one of his books I haven’t loved.
Besides being
bloody, Abercrombie’s books are also filled with some of the most shocking
twists I’ve ever read, ending in ways I never could have imagined. Further, his
books demonstrate some of the best crafted characters seen today. Showing how
difficult it is to change, and often ending with the characters getting what they
wanted only to have their lives worse off for it. All in all, each of his books
are amazing.
Of course, while
I thoroughly endorse all his books everyone has favorites, and my favorite
characters (and I don’t feel like I’m alone in this) is Logan Nine Fingers AKA
the Bloody Nine. When readers last saw him, he was crashing into a violent
river, readers left unsure whether he lived or died. Well, Red Country finally
answers this question. Readers will rejoice with the re-emergence of everyone’s
favorite mass murderer, Logan, AKA in this book as Lamb. Lamb has been living
the last few decades as a quiet cowardly farmhand helping raise his
stepchildren. He is quiet, kind, and unobtrusive. But when the farm is burnt
and the children stolen, the façade is thrown aside as the real Bloody Nine
comes out to play.
The one thing
that I’ve heard grumblings about is that none of this story is told from
Logan’s perspective. What I have to say is while that is missed it is still a
fantastic story and is quite intriguing to see what the Bloody Nine looks like
from the outside.
INFO
Publisher: Orbit
Published: November 13, 2012
Price: $25.99
Link to Buy: http://www.amazon.com/Red-Country-Joe-Abercrombie/dp/0316187216/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358891334&sr=1-3&keywords=joe+abercrombie
Lots of familiar faces and some interesting new characters. I love the way Abercrombie writes new novels but with familiar characters moving in and out of the story. It gives it a feeling of a continuation of the old tales but in a new and unfamiliar setting. Hope there are a lot more novels to come. Anyone new to his books should start with the First Law trilogy. It makes all the others even more satisfying.
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