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Red Country

A First Law Novel

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Red Country

By: Joe Abercrombie
Narrated by: Steven Pacey
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 They burned her home.

They stole her brother and sister.

But vengeance is following.

Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she'll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she's not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen and her cowardly old stepfather Lamb for company. But it turns out Lamb's buried a bloody past of his own, and out in the lawless Far Country, the past never stays buried.

Their journey will take them across the barren plains to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feud, duel and massacre, high into the unmapped mountains to a reckoning with the Ghosts. Even worse, it will force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, and his feckless lawyer Temple, two men no one should ever have to trust...

The past never stays buried...©2012 Joe Abercrombie Adventure Epic Fantasy Science Fiction Fiction

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Highly recommended - a funny, finely-wrought, terrifically energetic work of high fantasy. Seek it out (Joe Hill)
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The series peaked and plateaued at best served cold/ the heroes for me. This one’s good too and worth the listen. Enjoyable at times and some nice tie ins. But I wish he never killed off Day, I always looked forward to hearing what she had to snack on

Past its peak

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He's back . . . you'll see. Just love the character development in Abercrombie's novels. Raw, grim dark brilliance. if you like the western film Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood, you'll like this. Kidnapping, revenge, and rebellion drive this with one hell of a great female character and someone called Logan . . .

Ah sweet revenge

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if there is a god...he is up there looking down on Joe Abercrombie like a sad father who is wondering how this went wrong....Joe is the master of blood,laughs and tears. old friends...new friends...and belly laughs drowned in blood.

and like that old rogue kosta keeps saying...i will not be dissapointed again...and Joe proves i won't be :)

you have to be realistic ..it was freakin awesome

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Loved the story and lovable characters as always. The narrator did a perfect job too! Had a few good surprises along the way that i really didn't expect and brutal encounters. Compared to the others in the series, this book really did feel like a western, with no magic (sadly), some medieval warfare, and one can find a lot of life lessons. So it was a bit if a fantasy/western fable. Abercrombie at his best!

fantastic

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Great characters - love this series
Steven Pacey is an amazing narrator
Never gets old listening to him

Love this series

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