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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

Critic Reviews

Highly recommended - a funny, finely-wrought, terrifically energetic work of high fantasy. Seek it out (Joe Hill)
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I loved this book. Best blending of fantasy and a western ever. Fast paced, plenty of action, twists and turns, revenge and laugh out loud moments. These characters are awesome bastards, all of them.
If you love a great story really well told and narrated to perfection, have a listen to this book. Steven Pacey's 'Nicomo Cosca' is the bloody best!

The best fantasy western ever.

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Loved the characters as usual but framing it as a western made seem inconsistent. Framing it around expansion into the Russian steps would been more consistent with the rest of the First Law world.

Western didn’t quite work

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As always Stephen Pacey's performance was fabulous and the series is as captivating as ever. Highly recommended to listen to every story as there's always so much happening and the characters are so brilliantly portrayed

Another Winner

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best in the series so far, it was good to follow these characters through their journey

good story line

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Delve deep into JA’s world with this action packed story involving some of my favourite characters (old and new), with a distinct Wild West flavour.
Pacey is simply a phenomenal narrator. Thank you for the entertainment.

Another wonderfully rich Abercrombie tale.

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