This blood-drenched, thought-provoking dissection of a three-day battle is set
in the same world as Abercrombie's First Law Trilogy (The Blade Itself, etc.),
but stands very well alone. Union commander Lord Marshal Kroy coordinates the
fight with the aid of a motley group of incompetent, self-important officers.
The strangely sympathetic Col. Bremer dan Gorst is officially a royal observer
who nurses a burning desire to kill or be killed. Leading a much smaller army
against the Union is Black Dow, whose grip on the throne of the Northmen is
tenuous and based on fear and brutality. Calder, a slippery and cunning egotist,
advocates peace while plotting to take Black Dow's place. Abercrombie never
glosses over a moment of the madness, passion, and horror of war, nor the
tribulations that turn ordinary people into the titular heroes.

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