It’s a stupid hill, and it’s not good for anything, but it’s the center of the battle. But the action really centers on a ring of stones, called The Heroes, on a hill, and the dozen Northmen who were sent there to guard it. Tensions are running high on both sides, and loyalties are being tested. The Union border being tested by the new king of the North, Logen’s old friend Black Dow. You’ll certainly see references to people you know scattered throughout. Monza is a new character, but you might recognize some of her friends from the trilogy.
But someone picked her up out of the trash pile at the heap of the mountain and patched her up, and now she’s out for revenge. Or she was, until the grand duke she was winning battles for stabbed her and threw her down a mountain. Monza Murcatto is a feared mercenary general in Styria, a group of warring city-states that are essentially the First Law’s version of Renaissance Italy. But did we mention the Union has a wizard? And yay, he’s back in town. The king is on his deathbed, the peasants are revolting, and the nobles are all trying to grab power. Glokta is fighting a political war in the halls of the Union. The North is torn apart by War as Logen’s BFF-turned-enemy Bethod tries to secure an even bigger kingdom for himself.
Fortunately the Union has a mage, Bayaz, but he’s gone on a holiday, taking Logen, Ferro and Jezal on a journey to find a MacGuffin of great power. Meanwhile, the Northmen are attacking the Union’s upper borders and the Union’s prince has been dispatched to fight them off…also not going great. Glokta has been shipped off to defend Dagoska, a small Union city-state surrounded by the Gurkish empire.
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