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Title	:	Best Served Cold (First Law World #4)
Author	:	Joe Abercrombie
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 534 pages
Published	:	June 5th 2009 by Gollancz
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Dark Fantasy

Best Served Cold (First Law World #4) Hardcover | Pages: 534 pages

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Springtime in Styria. And that means war. Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.

There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king.

War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die.

Her allies include Styria's least reliable drunkard, Styria's most treacherous poisoner, a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers and a Northman who just wants to do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the nation. And that's all before the most dangerous man in the world is dispatched to hunt her down and finish the job Duke Orso started...

Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.

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Original Title:	Best Served Cold
ISBN:	0575082453 (ISBN13: 9780575082458)
Edition Language:	English URL http://www.joeabercrombie.com/books/best-served-cold/
Series:	First Law World #4
Characters:	Monza Murcatto, Caul Shivers, Shylo Vitari, Nicomo Cosca, Carlot dan Eider, Ishri, Friendly, Castor Morveer, Benna Murcatto, Mauthis, General Ganmark, Shenkt, Yoru Sulfur
Setting:	Styria(Austria)
Literary Awards:	David Gemmell Legend Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2010), British Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2010), The Kitschies Nominee for Red Tentacle (Novel) (2009), David Gemmell Ravenheart Award for Best Fantasy Cover Art (2010)

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TLDR: A MUST READ for fans of Nicomo Cosca. Cosca to the rescue!Now the review:Continuation after First Law Trilogy, telling about epic bloody revenge story. Compared with the trilogy, this novel has significantly lower magical content. I believe people don't read FL series due to magic system but because loved the characterization of FL. Fortunately, the author knew this and delivered another excellent story. As expected with only one-novel-length, I felt the pace of this book is faster and

Filter the retro feel and the Tarantino dialogue from "Kill Bill Volume 1." Take what's left and mix in one random barbarian from Abercrombie's earlier trilogy, then pour into a pan with a good dollop of the late Middle Ages. Fry for 880 pages, dropping in one new badguy every 110. By the end of the process, it should look something like "The Unforgiven". . . It won't taste nearly as good, though.I'm surprised about all the glowing reviews this book has gotten considering how little new ground

Fuckin love this book/audiobook. Trust me listen to the audiobook and appreciate the sweet, dark, sordid insights of this crews banter plus how great the narrator did the characters. Its hilarious! Mercenary Cosca turned out to be my favorite character towards the end of the book. Hes a drunk, mercenary, general or soldiers but brilliant.Mercatto, shes Ferro but more worldly and knowledgeable in many things. Id never cross her. Shiver well he went to Steryia to be a good man, well, he found it

Actual rating: 4.5 stars.Grimdark isnt my thing. I prefer my fiction hopeful, with good at its heart even when bad things happen. That being said, Ill give anything a shot if its well crafted, and Ive read some pretty incredible fantasy novels that throw hope out the window and bask in their darkness. The best in the grimdark business has to be Joe Abercrombie, hands down. He has a way of creating characters and plots that really shouldnt work for me, but that shine in spite of their dark cores.

So far, I'm 5/5 with Joe Abercrombie - and I think I have 3 more yet to-read. This is Good Stuff!Set in the same world as 'The Blade Itself,' 'Best Served Cold' introduces us to Monza Murcatto, a mercenary general. It's unusual for a woman to be a mercenary, let alone a military leader - and she's achieved her place by being twice as ruthless and tough as the hard-bitten men around her.However, tough as she may be, she's not invulnerable. A shattering betrayal has ended with her dearly beloved

You can weep over your misfortunes, or you can pick yourself up and make the best of things, shit though they may be. This book is a spin-off of the Initial first law trilogy, its not neccessary to read that before this, but it will help in understanding some terms.This is the best portrayal of morally ambiguous character I've ever read, all negativity. They trust someone as much as they can throw them which is not much, and to them Mercy and Cowardice is the same, who thinks like that, crazy

6.0 stars. Another unbelievably good book by Joe Abercrombie. If you liked the First Law Series, you will like this. Given that the First Law series is on my list of "All Time Favorites" I think it is safe to assume, I loved this book. In addition to creating a superb story with a tight plot and, as always with his books, unforgettable characters, Abercrombie advances in subtle but very interesting ways the larger story arc of the "great battle" addressed in the First Law series. HIGHEST