Before they are hanged (The first law #2) av Joe Abercombie

 

Bitter and merciless war is coming to the frozen north. It's bloody and dangerous and the Union army, split by politics and hamstrung by incompetence, is utterly unprepared for the slaughter that's coming. Lacking experience, training, and in some cases even weapons the army is scarcely equipped to repel Bethod's scouts, let alone the cream of his forces. In the heat-ravaged south the Gurkish are massing to assault the city of Dagoska, defended by Inquisitor Glokta. The city is braced for the inevitable defeat and massacre to come, preparations are made to make the Gurkish pay for every inch of land ... but a plot is festering to hand the city to its beseigers without a fight, and the previous Inquisitor of Dagoska vanished without trace. Threatened from within and without the city, Glokta needs answers, and he needs them soon. And to the east a small band of malefactors travel to the edge of the world to reclaim a device from history - a Seed, hidden for generations - with tremendous destrectuive potential. A device witch could put a end to the war, to ther army of Eaters in the South, to the invasion of Shanka from the North - but only of it can be found, and only its power can be controlled...

Bokomslag och besrivning av bokens handling hämtad från Bokus.

Denna fantasyserie, ja, jag vet egentligen inte vad jag ska skriva om den, den är en intressant historia om jag bara kunde koncentrera mig på den när jag lyssnar och kan minnas vad jag har lyssnat på, jag lyssnade om på början då jag gjorde ett uppehåll i den då jag var "tvungen" att lyssna på en annan bok istället för denna, då jag inte mindes något när jag skulle börja lyssna igen.

Jag gillar dessa egentligen avskyvärda och hemska karaktärer som boken har, antngen är de råa och oförskämda eller fisförnäma och oförskämda, men hemskt roliga att läsa om. Så jag kommer att fortsätta att läsa vidare i serien men inte på en gång för jag måste ha lite andra lättare att komma ihåg böcker att läsa före jag ger mig på den här serien igen.

Sen var det en annan beskrivning av vad boken handlade om på Adlibris upplaga av boken, så jag kunde inte annat än kopiera även den här, för den ger lite hänvisning till karaktärerna.

The second novel in the wildly popular First Law Trilogy from New York Times bestseller Joe Abercrombie.

Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It's enough to make a torturer want to run -- if he could even walk without a stick.

Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. Crown Prince Ladisla is poised to drive them back and win undying glory. There is only one problem -- he commands the worst-armed, worst-trained, worst-led army in the world.

And Bayaz, the First of the Magi, is leading a party of bold adventurers on a perilous mission through the ruins of the past. The most hated woman in the South, the most feared man in the North, and the most selfish boy in the Union make a strange alliance, but a deadly one. They might even stand a chance of saving mankind from the Eaters -- if they didn't hate each other quite so much.

Ancient secrets will be uncovered. Bloody battles will be won and lost. Bitter enemies will be forgiven -- but not before they are hanged.