{"id":4256,"date":"2010-08-06T16:21:37","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T00:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2010-08-07T10:59:59","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T18:59:59","slug":"an-aside-cover-blurb-for-the-heroes-by-joe-abercrombie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/news\/an-aside-cover-blurb-for-the-heroes-by-joe-abercrombie\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | New Synopsis for ‘The Heroes’ by Joe Abercrombie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>From Stomping on Yeti<\/a>, via Abercrombie’s blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey say Black Dow\u2019s killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, on a worthless hill, in an unimportant valley, and they\u2019ve brought a lot of sharpened metal with them.<\/p>\n

Bremer dan Gorst, disgraced master swordsman, has sworn to reclaim his stolen honour on the battlefield. Obsessed with redemption and addicted to violence, he\u2019s far past caring how much blood gets spilled in the attempt. Even if it\u2019s his own.<\/p>\n

Prince Calder isn\u2019t interested in honour, and still less in getting himself killed. All he wants is power, and he\u2019ll tell any lie, use any trick, and betray any friend to get it. Just as long as he doesn\u2019t have to fight for it himself.<\/p>\n

Curnden Craw, the last honest man in the North, has gained nothing from a life of warfare but swollen knees and frayed nerves. He hardly even cares who wins any more, he just wants to do the right thing. But can he even tell what that is with the world burning down around him?<\/p>\n

Over three bloody days of battle, the fate of the North will be decided. But with both sides riddled by intrigues, follies, feuds and petty jealousies, it is unlikely to be the noblest hearts, or even the strongest arms that prevail\u2026<\/p>\n

Three men. One battle. No Heroes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sounds gooooood<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Though I thought Best Served Cold<\/strong> was a bit of stumble for Abercrombie(see my REVIEW<\/a>), The Heroes<\/strong> is still near the top of my list of most anticipated novels. It’ll be fun to reestablish ourselves with bit players from The First Law<\/em> (like Gorst and Black Dow) in an expanded and, no doubt, surprising role. But what I’m most interested in is Abercrombie playing with the structure of the story. Part of my issue with Best Served Cold<\/strong> was the wash-rinse-repeat nature of the plot, but The Heroes<\/strong>, taking place over the course of just three days, following several characters through the politics and violence of a single battle, sounds like it will veer away from that traditional travelogue\/quest structure that Abercrombie has used in his previous novels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Stomping on Yeti, via Abercrombie’s blog: \u201cThey say Black Dow\u2019s killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n