Cawneil, a book-loving Magus who tries to remain glamorous despite her age, she had previous relationships with both Khalul and Bayaz. Let us make a start while there is still some daylight.’ Javre stared over the fallen corpse of her old friend Golyin, off towards the west. ‘It is a long way to Carleon.’ Some Desperado: There is no honour among thieves when the outlaw Smoke finds herself being hunted down by her own comrades.

Golyin’s eyes shifted to Shev’s, and there was a sadness in them. ‘If a good friend had sworn to. In the quiet times, perhaps, she would cry that the world was this way, and wring her hands, and ask the Goddess for guidance, but . . .’ She gave a heavy sigh. ‘She would do it. You must have known we would catch you eventually, Javre.’ For those of you who just can't get enough First Law, Joe Abercrombie brings us something a little bit different. A collection of short stories with some very sharp endings. But how did it measure up to the other entries in the series? Sharp Ends is by turns brutal, witty, chilling, charming but always brilliant. ( Geek Planet Online)

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Arse!’ Whirrun scrambled free of Javre, hurrying over to his sword and striking a suitably impressive pose with his hand on the hilt, only slightly spoiled by his whole bare side being smeared with mud. Shev swallowed and let the dagger drop into her hand once again. It spent a lot more time there than she’d like.

Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law, and contain 13 stories, all set in the Circle of the World over a period that starts some ten years before the beginning of The Blade Itself and ends a few years after Red Country closes, featuring a rogue’s gallery of familiar and unfamiliar characters. Chronologically, this is the farthest story in the Tales from The First Law world. This is the fifth and also the last story featuring the main duo of Sharp Ends. The story takes place two years after the end of Red Country in Sipani. It contained a beautiful flow to the narrative imbued with Abercrombie’s trademark consecutive shifting point of view, but I felt it’s also a bit anticlimactic end to Javre and Shev’s story. So how did this one measure up to the novels? For me personally, if I was ranking them this would have to go at the bottom. That doesn't mean it's a bad book. Any book by Abercrombie is better than most by other authors out there. His writing is on point as always. It flows tremendously with his crisp description, great wit and world famous character development. It's just not near as satisfying as one of his full novels. I hate the bloody North!’ Shev stamped at the ground, as though she could hurt anything but herself, succeeding only in showering wet dirt up her leg. Not that she could have made herself much wetter or dirtier. ‘The whole place is made of shit!’ Dogman, a loyal member of Logen's band, a skilled scout with sharpened teeth and an incredible sense of smell.Special thanks to my Patrons on Patreon for giving me extra support towards my passion for reading and reviewing! Even through her lids she sawa blinding flash and Shev jerked away, gasping. There was a hiss and something hot brushed gently against Shev’s face. Then the hand on her collar fell away, and she heard something heavy thump against the ground. Like all collections of short stories, there will be some bad ones, good ones, and great ones. Sharp Ends is not an exception. However, it does not change the fact that this is a must-read for all fans of The First Law World and Joe Abercrombie’s books. I still cannot believe that I won’t have any more books from this world to read until maybe 2019. I have read every book Abercrombie has written for the past ten years in The First Law World in less than a year. Excluding the short stories in this collection, which are not a fair comparison to the main novels, none of the other six main novels received anything less than 4 stars rating from me. Not to mention that five of them are included in my list of favorite books. Until the new trilogy surfaces, here is one last philosophical quote to end my journey so far in The First Law World.

Their men are good,’ said Javre, clattering out with no fear whatsoever. ‘Far from subtle, but enthusiastic.’ The books of the trilogy do not contain maps, as Abercrombie prefers not to use them. [15] However, the three stand-alone novels do contain their own local maps and a World map was finally produced in full on the cover of the Sharp Ends short story collection.The first of the standalone books takes place roughly three years after the trilogy. It takes place entirely in Styria, an island continent reminiscent of Italy during the Italian Wars, focusing on the vengeance of a betrayed mercenary leader, Monza Murcatto.