Kyle Harrison
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The Blade Itself

The Blade Itself (The First Law, Book One)
Author
Joe Abercrombie
Published
2006
Pages
531
Recommended
Once
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Why it’s on the list: The opening volume of Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy, and the book most often named as the start of grimdark fantasy — heroic-fantasy machinery run with nobody in it who is actually heroic.

Where I saw it: A bare Amazon link saved in the note.

Connections

  • Dune — the other genre series sitting in the anti-library.