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The Wisdom of Crowds
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The New York Times bestselling finale to the Age of Madness trilogy finds the world in an unstoppable revolution where heroes have nothing left to lose as darkness and destruction overtake everything.
Chaos. Fury. Destruction.
The Great Change is upon us . . .
Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds.
With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies . . . while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance.
The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together . . .
"No one writes with the seismic scope or primal intensity of Joe Abercrombie." --Pierce Brown
For more from Joe Abercrombie, check out:
The Age of Madness
A Little Hatred
The Trouble With Peace
The Wisdom of Crowds
The First Law Trilogy
The Blade Itself
Before They Are Hanged
Last Argument of Kings
Best Served Cold
The Heroes
Red Country
The Shattered Sea Trilogy
Half a King
Half a World
Half a War
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780316187244
EAN:
9780316187244
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
528
Authors:
Joe Abercrombie
Publisher:
Orbit
Good author.
I really enjoyed this trilogy. It was the first fantasy series I’ve ever read and I certainly wasn’t disappointed. What I didn’t realize was that there are 6 other books that occur prior to this trilogy, so now I’m backtracking to read those as well. Overall, a great read and would recommend!
So I read through these 3 books in a week or so. Loved the world, loved lots of the characters, felt so sad at the Great Change and how only the insane survived, they having killed all the decent folks first - reminded me of the civil war in Syria. I haven't read the first of this series, but jumping in at this end seemed to work just fine for me. I loved Orso, he really brought out the best in everyone. I felt so many strong emotions about so many of the outcomes - signs of an excellent book when you feel so engaged!
I know it is the schtick, the genre, that the world of the First Law was born to, but the grimdarkness, the nigh unfathomable awfulness and degradation of the characters, weats on one after a while.
The final book of the trilogy ends in style. All the plot building over the last two books, and a few independent titles, find their conclusions here. Abercrombie is a master class of satirical intrigue, cynical humor, bloody action, and twisting plots. That all mostly shines here. Much like Game of Thrones, no character is safe, and the ones that survive might not be the ones you would expect. Abercrombie is better at tying up loose ends than Martin though. Without spoiling anything there were a few sticking points I had with the North and some decisions a few characters made or didn't make in some cases but I generally enjoyed this end to Abercrombie's own French Revolution. A revolution that doesn't feel that far from our doorsteps these days.
