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Narrated by:
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Steven Pacey
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By:
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Joe Abercrombie
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They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, on a worthless hill, in an unimportant valley, and they've brought a lot of sharpened metal with them.
Over three bloody days of battle, the fate of the North will be decided. But with both sides riddled by intrigues, follies, feuds and petty jealousies, it is unlikely to be the noblest hearts or even the strongest arms that prevail.
Three men. One battle. No Heroes.
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- Artyom
- 10-10-2018
Straightforward message, well executed.
Very well written and read. Wish more people read this novel, it would certainly reap away any illusions one has on war, glory, noble sacrifices and other state-based ideals. The story and themes explored are straightforward, but are looked at from different angles, with a multitude of points of view presented.
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- Mark
- 30-06-2015
Dark and gritty
There are no heroes, and that's what I love about Joe Abercrombies books.
Steven Pacey is a brilliant narrated, probably my favourite.
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- Samantha
- 13-06-2018
Gripping
Joe's rich characters are put to the ultimate test in grinding gripping battle. Meanwhile Bias continues to evolve from kindly cartoon-character wizard into something more sinister. Loved it.
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- Thomas
- 14-09-2018
Abercrombie and Pacey are THE Heroes
Another riveting story unfolds from this dream team combination of Abercrombie and Pacey. Simply marvelous.
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- Hadi
- 23-09-2020
Bloody good.
This one is probably my favourite so far. As a book it's not the best piece of literature out there, but as an audio book it's perfect.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-01-2024
Outstanding
This Abercrombie is the best. There I said it and I’m not ashamed. Everything I can’t fault it at all the inner musings the battles the story. It just gets better and better.
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- Mags
- 08-07-2019
lovely
Took me a bit of time adjusting from James Marsters voice in the Dresden Files series to this, but it was a fantastic book and impressive performance .
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- Mitchvg
- 22-09-2022
My favourite of the series
Add to that. I think I like the standalone books better than the three others too. I find the Union officer imitations hilarious and the simplicity of the Northmen’s way of life and fighting appealing
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- Martin R.
- 03-06-2020
Best Narrator on Audible
An epic, suspenseful and witty tale. Steven Pacey is the best narrator I've had the pleasure of listening to
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- Lauren VS
- 16-06-2020
Fantastic war story.
Fantastic war story filled with complex flawed characters, wit and sarcastic humour. Great battle scenes and interesting inner dialogue as we focus on our main pov characters as they fight, trudge and scheme their way through a war fought to fuel the egos of more powerful people.
What completely blows me away though are the scenes with some background characters, the short sharp focus on one background character leading to the next, those sequences are pure gold. You may only be in one of their heads for 2 sentences but damn its good! Current film and tv writers could learn a lot about writing characters from this book.
The Heroes is some of the best storytelling filled with real characters that are cruel, clueless, self effacing, loyal, ambitious, powerful, self aware, powerless and everything else a person can be... and also that some dreams are better left unrealised.
Joe Abercrombie is my hero (favourite author)!
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