Series
The First Law Trilogy
Joe Abercrombie · 3 novels · 2006–2008
Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy follows a crippled torturer, a vain swordsman and a self-styled barbarian as a coming war drags them into the schemes of a manipulative wizard. Set in the Circle of the World, the books subvert epic-fantasy heroism with grim humor and morally compromised characters. It's the foundational trilogy of a larger sequence Abercrombie later continued with stand-alone novels and the Age of Madness trilogy.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
The First Law Trilogy at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s3
Shape
3 novels
1 author
reads like:grimdarkpolitical intriguesecondary worldtimeless or unspecifieddarkadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Last Argument of Kingsdarkest · calmest
- The Blade Itselfbrightest · most intense