The release date for the English version of 'Before They Are Hanged' by
Joe Abercrombie is Mar 2007. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Glokta Superior is having an issue. When your friends can never be trusted and your predecessor disappeared without a trace, how are you supposed to protect a city that is besieged by foes and rife with traitors? If a torturer could walk without the aid of a stick, it would be enough to make him desire to flee.
Northmen have overflowed Angland's border and are wreaking havoc and spreading death over the country's freezing landscape. With a triumph and eternal glory, Crown Prince Ladisla is ready to push them back. The only issue is that he is in charge of the world's worst army—worst in terms of equipment, training, and leadership.
And among the ruins of the past, Bayaz, the First of the Magi, is leading a group of fearless explorers on a treacherous journey. A peculiar but dangerous partnership forms between the most despised lady in the South, the most feared man in the North, and the most self-centered youngster in the Union. They may even have a chance to keep humanity safe from the Eaters. if their animosity for one another wasn't so intense.
Timeless mysteries will come to light. Battles will be fought and won in blood. Enemy resentment will eventually be forgotten, but not before they are hung.