Half a War
core novel 2015 Shattered Sea
Record
| First published | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (39,240 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780804178457 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Half a War, the third novel in Joe Abercrombie's Shattered Sea trilogy, opens as the kingdom of Throvenland collapses under attack from the High King's forces, led by the merciless warrior Bright Yilling, who serves no god but Death and has already destroyed the hall of Princess Skara's grandfather. Forced to flee for her life after witnessing her family's slaughter, seventeen-year-old Skara escapes toward Gettland with the help of the morally ambiguous trader Blue Jenner, arriving with little but her wits and her claim to a throne now in ruins. There she crosses paths again with Father Yarvi, the king's minister and former slave turned political strategist, as the scattered peoples of the Shattered Sea weigh whether they can set aside old grievances to unite against the High King's advancing dominance.
Where it sits
- Universe: Shattered Sea
- Series: The Shattered Sea Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Joe Abercrombie
Notes
- From the series record (The Shattered Sea Trilogy): A Viking-influenced YA/crossover trilogy, confirmed as a wholly separate continuity from Abercrombie's own First Law World (already admitted) -- standalone secondary-world setting, no shared characters, acquired by HarperCollins' children's/YA imprint rather than its adult fantasy line.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Shattered Sea Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous Half the World (2015)
Sources
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