Red Country

By: Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

A New York Times best seller!

They burned her home.

They stole her brother and sister.

But vengeance is following.

Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she'll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she's not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen and her cowardly old step father Lamb for company. But it turns out Lamb's buried a bloody past of his own. And out in the lawless Far Country the past never stays buried.

Their journey will take them across the barren plains to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feud, duel and massacre, high into the unmapped mountains to a reckoning with the Ghosts. Even worse, it will force them into an alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, and his feckless lawyer Temple, two men no one should ever have to trust....

Red Country takes place in the same world as the First Law trilogy, Best Served Cold, and The Heroes. This novel also represents the return of Logen Ninefingers, one of Abercrombie's most beloved characters.

©2012 Joe Abercrombie (P)2012 Hachette Audio

Great Narrator

Excellent book, excellent narrator! Love the twists and turns and the characters are very very entertaining!!

Full to the brim with badassary

Wow...

This is a superb story with excellent character development and an element of badassary that you can not find anywhere these days. It's both hilarious and vicious; silly and sad but above all it's a visceral experience that you won't soon forget.

Let me start by saying that I liked the first three books. I liked them but didn't love them. They were full of great moments and you could see how much potential both the story line and author held. But this book... Blew me away.

In my opinion this book shows that Joe Abercrombie is becoming an excellent mature author and he will only get better. All the elements that danced around the first books, the elements that were hit and missed have come together. It's possible to see the growth of his writing ability as you read though the books and I'm amazed at how much I enjoyed this book.

If you enjoy books by Jim Butcher and Kevin Hearne you will like this book. It is by no means the same plot or story as the Dresden Series or the IDC but it has the same spirit maybe even a darker spirit that those other authors can muster. I guess it is best to say that I get the same feeling when I read this book that I do when I read those other two authors. It's an understanding that this person is a master story teller and no matter the medium they will entertain and excite. That is really what I look for in an author and I think it's what draws people to them.

You might want to start at the beginning (The Blade Itself) just for background but it's not necessary to enjoy this book.

If you are not utterly entertained by Nicomo Cosca's personality, Shy's sharp tongue and the tour de force that is Lamb (Logen Ninefingers) aka The Blood Nine. Then god help you. You have to be realistic about these kinds of things.

Great!

What a great way to end one of the best series I have listened too!!

Worth a listen, but not ground breaking.

What did you love best about Red Country?

Lamb...lots of lamb.

What does Steven Pacey bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He did a great job of bringing the characters personalities to life. It helped me conceptualize them even better than had I read the book.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Hmm, not particularly. I find that Joe Abercrombie's books don't really leave me with awe inspiring revelations. Still a good listen all around, though.

Perfect Match of Narrator and Text

This is one of the books I listen to over and over again. It's a great story but the narrator is perfect for this. Can't imagine Abercrombie without Pacey.

Excellent

Abercrombie's fantasy western is my favorite of his books since his first, The Blade Itself. And Pacey's performance (of dozens of characters) is magnificent.

Absolutely fantastic!

As usual, Mr. Abercrombie has written a wonderful story. I can't say enough good about his books.

Brilliant

Full of surprises. I loved every minute of it. Such a fresh concept a Western setting in the world of the First Law.

Different Story, Same Great Writing

Abercrombie writing is better now than the First Law Series. It's hard not to grow on you.

wonderful

amazing story of my all time favorite fictional character, and one of the most unexpected twists at the end. 5/7