Half the World (Shattered Sea);

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED € ALEX AWARD WINNER € New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie€s thrilling series continues in the follow-up to Half a King, which George R. R. Martin hailed as €œa fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page 1 and refused to let go.€

€œThe Shattered Seas trilogy has worked its way into a very exclusive group of my favorite fantasy novels of all time.€€"James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maze Runner

Sometimes a girl is touched by Mother War.

Thorn is such a girl. Desperate to avenge her dead father, she lives to fight. But she has been named a murderer by the very man who trained her to kill.

Sometimes a woman becomes a warrior.

She finds herself caught up in the schemes of Father Yarvi, Gettland€s deeply cunning minister. Crossing half the world to find allies against the ruthless High King, she learns harsh lessons of blood and deceit.

Sometimes a warrior becomes a weapon.

Beside her on the journey is Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill, a failure in his eyes and hers, but with one chance at redemption.

And weapons are made for one purpose.

Will Thorn forever be a pawn in the hands of the powerful, or can she carve her own path?

Praise for Half the World

€œAn excellent page-turner . . . full of drama and energy.€€"New York Daily News

€œAnother entertaining burst of battle, magic and political machinations from the always reliable Joe Abercrombie . . . a thoroughgoing blast, a violent, beautiful rabbit hole of craft that is well worth disappearing into.€€"Shelf Awareness

€œCompelling . . . [Thorn] makes Katniss Everdeen look like Dorothy Gale.€€"Chicago Tribune

€œSplendid . . . Abercrombie has a knack for building characters with pathos and wit. . . . The fast-paced story draws readers along while setting up what promises to be an explosive final showdown.€€"Publishers Weekly

€œClever, exciting and unexpected.€€"SFF World

Praise for Joe Abercrombie€s Half a King

€œHalf a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that€s saying something.€€"Patrick Rothfuss

€œAs in all Abercrombie€s books, friends turn out to be enemies, enemies turn out to be friends; the line between good and evil is murky indeed; and nothing goes quite as we expect. With eye-popping plot twists and rollicking good action, Half a King is definitely a full adventure.€€"Rick Riordan

€œEnthralling! An up-all-night read.€€"Robin Hobb

€œPolished and sharp, perhaps his most technically proficient novel yet . . . I dare you to read the first chapter and try not to turn the next page.€€"Brent Weeks

€œHalf a King can be summed up in a single word: masterpiece. It€s a coming-of-age story. It€s a Viking saga. It€s a revenge tale and family drama and the return of the prodigal son. But most of all, it€s this: a short time alongside people as weak and blundering as we are and, in the midst of it all, as heroic. Far too short a time, as it turns out. What a wonderful book.€€"Myke Cole

€œHalf a King is full of all the adventure I€ve come to expect from Abercrombie and a tenderness I never knew he had.€€"Sam Sykes