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The Age of Madness · about 15 years after Red Country

A Little Hatred

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A generation later, with factories, smoke and strikes, the children of the trilogy's characters inherit their parents' wars and debts. The start of the Age of Madness trilogy. Adult fantasy, with heavy violence, torture and some sex scenes

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A generation later, the Union has factories, smoke and furious workers. In the North, young, reckless Leo dan Brock fights Stour Nightfall and demands help from a crown that never sends it. Rikke, the Dogman's daughter, suffers visions from the Long Eye and learns to use them with the eccentric Isern-i-Phail. In Adua, Savine dan Glokta invests in anything that turns a profit, and Crown Prince Orso, whom nobody takes seriously, falls for her. In Valbeck, a Breaker uprising traps Savine and forces Orso to act. In the end, Leo becomes a hero after a duel, Savine learns a secret about her own father and breaks with Orso, and the king dies, leaving Orso on the throne.

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  1. Behind the scenesFantasy with factories

    The publisher puts it this way: the age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. It became a New York Times bestseller.

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  2. ReferenceThe kids

    Leo dan Brock, Savine dan Glokta and Prince Orso are children of characters from the earlier books, and the surnames are no accident.

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  3. SetupThe wizard is still around

    The First of the Magi is still pulling strings. Watch who profits from every crisis.

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  4. ReferenceThe Great Change

    In 2023 Abercrombie released The Great Change (And Other Lies), short stories that follow materials and objects through the industry of the First Law world.

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