A Little Hatred

Joe Abercrombie

Sept 2019 · Sold by Orbit

About this eBook

The New York Times bestselling first book in Joe Abercrombie's The Age of Madness Trilogy where the age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever. On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. Savine dan Glokta -- socialite, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in the Union -- plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessary. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. Glimpsing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing it will be quite another . . . For more from Joe Abercrombie, check out: The First Law SeriesThe Blade ItselfBefore They Are HangedLast Argument of Kings
 Best Served ColdThe HeroesRed Country The Shattered Sea TrilogyHalf a KingHalf a WorldHalf a War

Ratings and reviews

Reminder to self: this book was terrible. If you like books where a prince goes from discussing women with his mother to performing oral sex on a random woman with absolutely no in-between, no indication of a scene cut, etc, this is the book for you. If you'd prefer things be more orderly and not just spat out in the order the author thought of them with no indication of scene changes, stay away.

Good Read but really just gets the new characters introduced. Looking forward to where the series goes because Abercrombie has introduced alot of interesting pieces to the board over the last 6 books, now I just want to see him use them to advance the plot. Like I said this book was more of an interesting introduction. Next I want to see more of the eaters, learn more about the demons and lore, learn more about the Magi's intentions and maybe even see what they play to do with that Dragon from Red Country.

Great book - introduces new characters for the most part, and is set a few decades after the events of the last trilogy. I think it's done a good job of establishing the new set of characters, with some nice development throughout the book. The "Before" of the characters was rather short, however - so it's more of an accelerated development than one might like to see. I'm looking forward to the next book, as always! Read this one in only two days, a bit disappointed there's nothing to keep reading, since I've read literally all of the books he's written up until now. Hah.

About the author

Joe Abercrombie was born in Lancaster in 1974, spent much of his youth in imaginary worlds, and left school with a good idea of how to make stuff up. After graduating from Manchester University he worked as a TV editor, but he never stopped making stuff up, and his first book, The Blade Itself, was published in 2006. He has since written eight more novels and a collection of stories in his First Law and Shattered Sea series. He lives in Bath with his wife Lou and their three children Grace, Eve and Teddy, and makes stuff up full-time.