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Last Argument of Kings

The First Law: Book Three

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Last Argument of Kings

By: Joe Abercrombie
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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 The end is coming.

Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him - but it's going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the King of the Northmen still stands firm, and there's only one man who can stop him. His oldest friend, and his oldest enemy. It's past time for the Bloody-Nine to come home.

With too many masters and too little time, Superior Glokta is fighting a different kind of war. A secret struggle in which no-one is safe, and no-one can be trusted. His days with a sword are far behind him. It's a good thing blackmail, threats and torture still work well enough.

Jezal dan Luthar has decided that winning glory is far too painful, and turned his back on soldiering for a simple life with the woman he loves. But love can be painful too, and glory has a nasty habit of creeping up on a man when he least expects it.

While the King of the Union lies on his deathbead, the peasants revolt and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. No-one believes that the shadow of war is falling across the very heart of the Union. The First of the Magi has a plan to save the world, as he always does. But there are risks. There is no risk more terrible, after all, than to break the First Law...©2008 Joe Abercrombie Fantasy Fiction War Law

Critic Reviews

Highly recommended - a funny, finely-wrought, terrifically energetic work of high fantasy. Seek it out (Joe Hill)
LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS signs off the trilogy on a high, interspersing breathless skirmishes with thriller-like moments. You should always end with the best. Wow them in the final act... get them on their feet applauding when the curtain falls. LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS is the textbook example of this theory in practice
Breathtaking moments, great characters and grim laughs
"Put together a terrific cast of characters ... add in magic, war, plots within plots and you have a positive feast for the ears." 20 August 2010 (Kati Nicholl)
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Very Compelling characters, you will find yourself rooting for the bad guys sometimes. great plot and original ideas, well executed Story, Amazing Book & Series.

Amazing story telling.

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The final book in the trilogy moves far and away from being the more character driven piece of the first book and becomes even more focused on the plot. So much so that I felt like it could have been split into two novels. As such I found this book not to be as good as the first two noting I found it difficult to get through in the first third. However the remaining two thirds are extremely well paced and exciting and it was easy to keep listening. Ultimately the conclusion is satisfying and shines a new light on characters that I rarely see dared in other novels. Great trilogy.

Plot intensive conclusion

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absolutely loved the closing of the trilogy. The character arcs of the protagonist and antagonists landed in incredible and unexpected areas. Capped off like an after dinner mint by the narration of Steven Pacey, the book maintained consistent quality and left me feeling paid off, mind blown and indecently satisfied. Highly recommended

life lessons aplenty

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Outstanding 3rd book in The First Law, my only difficulty was the sometimes unremitting level of violence, Instead of skipping parts, I had to tune out or I became too disturbed.
So sad about West’s fate ...

Valentine

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Can't wait to read it again. I liked it a lot and stuff. Yeah boi

Good shit

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