There are scores to be settled, murderous conspiracies afoot and everyone’s lives are about to become very complicated. Glokta’s latest trail of corpses might lead him right into the corrupt heart of the Closed Council, provided he can stay alive long enough to follow it.Īnd then there is the wizard Bayaz, first of the Magi, an old man with a cringing apprentice and an agenda of his own. The inquisitor despises everyone and spends his days cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time. Inquisitor Glokta, the bitter and twisted cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to send Jezal home in a box. Vain and foolish, Jezal thinks of little more than his perfect jawline and bedding women. In the city of Adua, Nobleman Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more dangerous in mind than playing cards and winning glory in the fencing tournament. He’s made a lot of enemies in his time and following the death of his friends, sets off to make a new life for himself. These characters are gradually thrown together by destiny in a land at the brink of war by the First of the Magi, Bayaz.Logen Ninefingers is an infamous barbarian from the bloody North and has finally run out of luck. Ferro Maljinn is an escaped slave, a skilled archer who will kill an entire nation rather than be returned to chains. With his two deputies Practicals Frost and Severard, he is plunged deeper into the corrupt heart of the government he serves.

Inquisitor Glotka, crippled and deformed after a stint in enemy dungeons, is now tasked with serving justice in the name of the Union through torture. Captain Jezal dan Luthar is a young noble of the Union more interested in cards than swordplay, yet his training for a fencing contest puts him on a course to an even more high-stakes duel. Logen Ninefingers, infamous as the Bloody-Nine, is a battle-hardened warrior from the frozen North who grows tired of his solitary existence of death-dealing. The story is told from multiple perspectives in order to engage readers with the storyworld. The comic is also available free electronically at . The novel has been adapted by veteran comic writer Chuck Dixon, with art by Andie Tong, color by Pete Pantazis, and letters by Bill Tortolini under the publishing mast of Blind Ferret. The First Law: The Blade Itself is based upon the first Joe Abercrombie novel in The First Law fantasy trilogy. Other name: Joe Abercrombie's The First Law: The Blade Itself

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