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. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. Abercrombie’s world is vast as our own, and with so many books, there are a lot of characters, wars, and political schemes to keep track of.
The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. A Little Hatred is the beginning of a new trilogy, set twentysomething years after Abercrombie’s first trilogy. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. 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 King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. 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. The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. We all know that Abercrombie does characters exceptionally well, but where he also shines in this series is with the politics. 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.
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