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082			_a823.92 _bABE
100			_aAbercrombie, Joe
245			_aBefore they are hanged
260			_bGollancz, _c2008 _aLondon :
300			_a584 p. ; _bill., _c20 cm
365			_b699.00 _cINR _d01
490			_aThe first law ; book two.
520			_aBitter 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 besiegers 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 destructive potential. A device which could put an end to war, to the army of Eaters in the South, to the invasion of Shanka from the North -- but only if it can be found, and only if its power can be controlled
650			_aAdventure fiction
650			_aKings and rulers
650			_aFantasy
650			_aGood , evil
650			_aEpic
942			_2ddc _cBK