Half the World (Shattered Sea)

Half the World (Shattered Sea)

<b><b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>BUZZFEED</i> </b>€ ALEX AWARD WINNER € <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Joe Abercrombie€s thrilling series continues in the follow-up to <i>Half a King,</i> which George R. R. Martin hailed as €œa fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page 1 and refused to let go.€<br></b><br><b>€œThe Shattered Seas trilogy has worked its way into a very exclusive group of my favorite fantasy novels of all time.€€"James Dashner, #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Maze Runner<br></i></b><br><i>Sometimes a girl is touched by Mother War.</i><br><br> Thorn is such a girl. Desperate to avenge her dead father, she lives to fight. But she has been named a murderer by the very man who trained her to kill.<br><br> <i>Sometimes a woman becomes a warrior.</i><br><br> She finds herself caught up in the schemes of Father Yarvi, Gettland€s deeply cunning minister. Crossing half the world to find allies against the ruthless High King, she learns harsh lessons of blood and deceit.<br><br> <i>Sometimes a warrior becomes a weapon.</i><br><br> Beside her on the journey is Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill, a failure in his eyes and hers, but with one chance at redemption.<br><br> <i>And weapons are made for one purpose.</i><br><br> Will Thorn forever be a pawn in the hands of the powerful, or can she carve her own path?<br><br><b>Praise for <i>Half the World</i></b><br><br>€œAn excellent page-turner . . . full of drama and energy.€<b>€"New York <i>Daily News</i></b><br><br> €œAnother entertaining burst of battle, magic and political machinations from the always reliable Joe Abercrombie . . . a thoroughgoing blast, a violent, beautiful rabbit hole of craft that is well worth disappearing into.€<b><i>€"Shelf Awareness</i></b><br><br> €œCompelling . . . [Thorn] makes Katniss Everdeen look like Dorothy Gale.€<b>€"<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br><br> €œSplendid . . . Abercrombie has a knack for building characters with pathos and wit. . . . The fast-paced story draws readers along while setting up what promises to be an explosive final showdown.€<b>€"<i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><br> €œClever, exciting and unexpected.€<b><i>€"SFF World<br></i></b><br> <b>Praise for Joe Abercrombie€s <i>Half a King</i></b><br><br> €œ<i>Half a King</i> is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that€s saying something.€<b>€"Patrick Rothfuss</b><br><br> €œAs in all Abercrombie€s books, friends turn out to be enemies, enemies turn out to be friends; the line between good and evil is murky indeed; and nothing goes quite as we expect. With eye-popping plot twists and rollicking good action, <i>Half a King</i> is definitely a full adventure.€<b>€"Rick Riordan</b><br><br> €œEnthralling! An up-all-night read.€<b>€"Robin Hobb</b><br><br> €œPolished and sharp, perhaps his most technically proficient novel yet . . . I dare you to read the first chapter and try not to turn the next page.€<b>€"Brent Weeks</b><br><br> €œ<i>Half a King</i> can be summed up in a single word: masterpiece. It€s a coming-of-age story. It€s a Viking saga. It€s a revenge tale and family drama and the return of the prodigal son. But most of all, it€s this: a short time alongside people as weak and blundering as we are and, in the midst of it all, as heroic. Far too short a time, as it turns out. What a wonderful book.€<b>€"Myke Cole</b><br><br> €œ<i>Half a King</i> is full of all the adventure I€ve come to expect from Abercrombie and a tenderness I never knew he had.€<b>€"Sam Sykes</b>