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The Age of Madness · after The Trouble with Peace

The Wisdom of Crowds

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The Age of Madness finale: revolt reaches the streets of the capital, and the crowd becomes the most dangerous character in the book. Adult fantasy, with heavy violence, torture and some sex scenes

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The Great Change arrives: revolt takes Adua, the nobility is hunted down and a people's government seizes the capital. Orso loses his throne and is put on trial before an assembly that wants blood. Savine tries to survive the chaos while everything she owned turns to dust. The radical leader known as the Judge turns justice into a spectacle. In the North, Rikke faces Stour Nightfall once and for all. Leo, wounded in body and pride, sees the collapse as a chance to get back into power. In the end, a new order rises from the ruins and Leo and Savine reach the top, only to learn that the bank and the First of the Magi are still in charge.

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  1. Behind the scenesAn economist's title

    The name comes from James Surowiecki's nonfiction book The Wisdom of Crowds, about how groups make decisions.

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  2. Behind the scenesThe latest, for now

    It closed the Age of Madness in September 2021. After that, Abercrombie moved on to a new series, which began with The Devils in 2025.

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  3. SetupWho runs the crowd

    The title is about crowds. The question the book asks is whether anyone controls the crowd, or the crowd controls everyone.

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