The Heroes

By: Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

The enthralling sequel to Best Served Cold from the New York Times bestselling author of Red Country and The Blade Itself.

"The battles are vivid and visceral, the action brutal, the pace headlong, and Abercrombie piles the betrayals, reversals, and plot twists one atop another to keep us guessing how it will all come out." —George R.R. Martin, author of Game of Thrones, on Best Served Cold

They say Black Dow's killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls.

The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbor, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher.

The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, on a worthless hill, in an unimportant valley, and they've brought a lot of sharpened metal with them: The Heroes.

For glory, for victory, for staying alive.

"Abercrombie never glosses over a moment of the madness, passion, and horror of war, nor the tribulations that turn ordinary people into the titular heroes." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Lord of the Rings as directed by Kurosawa." —Wall Street Journal

"Magnificent, richly entertaining." —Time

Read the World of the First Law trilogy:
Best Served Cold
The Heroes
Red Country

Critic reviews

"Lord of the rings as directed by Kurosawa" --- Wall Street Journal.

"Magnificent, richly entertaining." --- Time

"Abercrombie never glosses over a moment of the madness, passion, and horror of war, nor the tribulations that turn ordinary people into the titular heroes." --- Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"The Heroes is an indictment of war and the duplicity that corrupts men striving for total power: bloody and violent, but never gratuitously so, it's imbued with cutting humour, acute characterisation and world-weary wisdom about the weaknesses of the human race. Brilliant." --- Eric Brown, The Guardian (UK)

"Delivered in Abercrombie's trademark witty style ... This is an action-packed novel full of brutality, black humour and razor-sharp characterisation." --- Dave Bradley, SFX (5 star review)

"It's an excellent tale and arguably Abercrombie's best book yet ... Its pace really showcases his talent for differently voiced and realistically motivated characters ... any genre fan can enjoy what's one of the best fantasy books of the past year." --- SciFi Now (5 star review)

Amazing

Loved all of it. Not a dull moment. It's a gritty story of battle that I would roccomend to anyone with the balls enough to read it!

Grimdark at it's best

My favorite entry in the First Law world. The entire novel is just one battle over three days where you get to see perspectives from the lowest soldier to the highest commander. There's even an appearance from the First of the Magi.

Steven Pacey makes this a special performance, but the production value makes this one of the best audiobook available.

“AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY”

Worth it if you love the series

It's the least good installment of a brilliant series. If you love Abercrombie and these characters it's a must read, but don't expect it to be as compelling as the previous books and you won't be disappointed.

The performance, as always, is flawless.

Vintage Abercrombie

Much better story than Best Served Cold. More intricate plotting and breadth of characterization. I think that this was Better than Red Country as well.

My only criticism is that one particular characters constant self pitying whining got to be a bit much.

Pacey is an outstanding narrator , as usual

GREAT BOOK

I love the story. sad it finished. hope there is one, or two more. is master nine fingers alive? you got to be realistic about it. LM