Ranked #10 in Dark Fantasy, Ranked #49 in Epic Fantasy — see more rankings.
Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It’s enough to make a torturer want to run – if he could even walk without a stick.
Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. Crown Prince Ladisla is poised to drive them back and win undying glory. There is only one problem – he commands the worst-armed, worst-trained, worst-led army in the world.
And Bayaz,... more
Northmen have spilled over the border of Angland and are spreading fire and death across the frozen country. Crown Prince Ladisla is poised to drive them back and win undying glory. There is only one problem – he commands the worst-armed, worst-trained, worst-led army in the world.
And Bayaz,... more
Rankings by Category
Before They Are Hanged (The First Law, #2) is ranked in the following categories:
- #56 in Fantasy Epic
- #81 in Fantasy Series
- #90 in Medieval Fantasy