This had that Abercrombie trademark proverbial prose and was worth reading but I gotta go with 3.5 stars when I compare it to his First Blade trilogy and it's spin-off [b:The Heroes|9300768|The Heroes|Joe Abercrombie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1375671200s/9300768.jpg|12879765]. I miss Shivers and The Bloody Nine but I will continue this new series if it is in fact a series.