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The Wisdom of Crowds
- The Riotous Conclusion to The Age of Madness
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey
- Length: 23 hrs and 36 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Concluding the AGE OF MADNESS trilogy, THE WISDOM OF CROWDS brings the series which is revolutionising fantasy to its stunning conclusion. . .
Chaos. Fury. Destruction.
The Great Change is upon us....
Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds.
With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies...while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance.
The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together....
Critic Reviews
"Joe Abercrombie is doing some terrific work." (George R. R. Martin)
"No one writes with the seismic scope or primal intensity of Joe Abercrombie." (Pierce Brown)
"Delightfully twisted and evil." (The Guardian)
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- Anonymous User
- 16-09-2021
Almost
Huge fan of this series and it's predecessor. Just can't get a wrap around the way this book ended it. Not disappointed, but in no way do I believe Mr. Joe ended it to the best of his potential. The climaxes and endings for all of the main characters fall short.
S. Pacey does a wonderful job becoming the characters, they will forever be thought of in my mind and reading in your voice.
And on a personal note, I was hoping that a 9 fingered old "realistic" man or a develish woman complaining of "pinks" showed up again.
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- SHAY R ELLIS
- 18-11-2021
The best in the business
Abercrombie and Pacey is like Shaq and Kobey at there peak, unstoppable! Not gonna lie but I shed a tear for Bremer like I did for Harding Grim, besides San and Logan he has been my favourite character since "The Heroes" but at least he got his redemption, got be realistic about these things I suppose... please let a nine fingered old man make a cameo again
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- Lee
- 17-09-2021
Brilliant
I don't know if I can say this is Joe's best book yet, but by the gods it's bloody good. Steven Pacey is one of the best narrators around. The Joe and Steven combo knock it out of the park.
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- Daniel
- 01-11-2021
Good writing even better reading
I have thoroughly enjoyed every one of these books that are available.
I really like how Steven Pacey narrates , these books by Joe Abercrombie and I desperately want to hear more. Thanks
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- 19-09-2021
Masterful, clever and cold.
Awesome, awful and terrible at once. Heart wrenching and thrilling. Pacey is a performance master. Seamless, considered and entertaining in his narration and voice acting. Abercrombie has wrapped up his series with consistent wit and brutality. He goes places with his narrative most writers wouldn’t dare, given the chance. I wish in part the series would continue but also know there’s nowhere left for it to turn. Credit to the music designer too. That rattling of chains, sharpening sword and descending series of semitones will haunt a lifetime of anticipation and tragedy.
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- Jake
- 12-03-2022
Intriguing but slightly disappointing conclusion
Joe Abercrombie manages to bring to life so many of his characters, both major and minor, that praising his writing style is almost redundant by now. Continuing directly after the ending of the second book it wastes no time in bringing madness to the Union, throwing the main characters headfirst into revolution.
It's both a delight and a horror to see some of the events and character changes take place, but plenty of unexpected but logical twists and characters making really bad decisions that nevertheless fit their outlook on the world. You just want things to turn out all right but you can see that it's not likely to happen because of selfishness and arrogance on the part of some people. It hit a little to close to home during the pandemic...
My only concern is that of structure, where by the end it feels like a lot of plot threads sort of didn't go anywhere or pay off in a satisfying manner. Some of them feel like they might be setting things up for later books, but I think it might just be the problem with writing in a realistic style. In real life not everything gets wrapped up neatly all at the same time, but for a story it feels a little unsatisfying.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-07-2022
great read
all good 4 Joe fans ironically orso sought of became a good guy ,opposed to every other maincharacter he's written ,probably why he killed him,,hope Joe gives a. more writings on mercatto
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- Anonymous User
- 11-09-2022
nail biting
Joe Abercronbie again writes us such an amazing tale and so wonderfully read by Steven Pacey . I can't wait to fill my brain with more of your stories
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- myles
- 13-09-2022
great book
it's a really great book I can't wait for the next one the narrator is awesome as well
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- Anonymous User
- 09-03-2023
Excellent
Gripping complex fast paced and entirely entertaining- twists and turns and black heroes flawed villains
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