Джо Аберкромби – Half a King (страница 2)

‘A sympathetic main character, a fast-paced plot, and plenty of neat world-building. Highly recommended’

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Dedication

For Grace

Better gear Than good sense A traveller cannot carry

From Hávamál, the Speech of the High One

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Praise

Dedication

Map

I: The Black Chair

The Greater Good

Duty

A Way to Win

Between Gods and Men

Doves

Promises

Man’s Work

The Enemy

II: The South Wind

Cheapest Offerings

One Family

Heave

The Minister’s Tools

The Fool Strikes

Savages

Ugly Little Secrets

Enemies and Allies

One Friend

Death Waits

III: The Long Road

Bending with Circumstance

Freedom

The Better Men

Kindness

The Truth

Running

Downriver

Only a Devil

The Last Stand

Burning the Dead

Floating Twigs

IV: The Rightful King

Crows

Your Enemy’s House

Great Stakes

In Darkness

A Friend’s Fight

Mother War’s Bargain

The Last Door

A Lonely Seat

The Blame

Some are Saved

The Lesser Evil

Half the World Excerpt

In Conversation with Joe Abercrombie

Acknowledgements

About the Author

About the Publisher

THE GREATER GOOD

There was a harsh gale blowing on the night Yarvi learned he was a king. Or half a king, at least.