{"product_id":"best-served-cold","title":"Best Served Cold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe epic first book in the World of the First Law trilogy from the \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRed Country\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Blade Itself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The battles are vivid and visceral, the action brutal, the pace headlong, and Abercrombie piles the betrayals, reversals, and plot twists one atop another to keep us guessing how it will all come out. This is his best book yet.\" --George R.R. Martin, author of \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Springtime in Styria. And that means war. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, and behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular-a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Her allies include Styria's least reliable drunkard, Styria's most treacherous poisoner, a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers and a Northman who just wants to do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the nation. And that's all before the most dangerous man in the world is dispatched to hunt her down and finish the job Duke Orso started ... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Abercrombie is both fiendishly inventive and solidly convincing, especially when sprinkling his appallingly vivid combat scenes with humor so dark that it's almost ultraviolet.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRead the World of the First Law trilogy: \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBest Served Cold\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRed Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Abercrombie\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRed Country\u003c\/i\u003e and the First Law trilogy: \u003ci\u003eThe Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLast Argument of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a full-time writer and occasional freelance film editor who lives in Bath, England with his wife and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orbit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67573914992866,"sku":"9780316198356","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/0005\/1501\/files\/9780316198356.jpg?v=1790810391","url":"https:\/\/www.mangadeal.com\/products\/best-served-cold","provider":"Manga Deal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}