The Blade Itself
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
The Blade Itself
| Full title | The Blade Itself (The First Law, Book One) |
|---|---|
| Author | Joe Abercrombie |
| Published | 2006 |
| Pages | 531 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The opening volume of Joe 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 heard about it
- An Amazon link — saved to my reading list as a bare Amazon link.
Connections
- Dune — the other genre series sitting in the anti-library.
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