while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies . . . while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance. The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together . . . Praise for Joe Abercrombie 'Joe Abercrombie is doing some terrific work' George R. R. Martin 'No one writes with the seismic scope or primal intensity of Joe Abercrombie' Pierce Brown 'Delightfully twisted and evil' The Guardian 'Witty, Bloody and fun' Nicholas Eames