The Heroes
core novel 2011 First Law World
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.35 (80,659 ratings, collected 2026-08-05) |
| Page count | 581 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316193566 |
Where it sits
- Universe: First Law World
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Joe Abercrombie
Awards (verified)
- David Gemmell Legend Award (Best Novel), 2012: nominated; Abercrombie never won the Legend Award (4 shortlistings); the associated Gemmell wins were Ravenheart cover-art awards.
Notes
- Standalone.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within First Law World (standalone work): position 5 of 11: previous Best Served Cold (2009) · next Red Country (2012)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Abercrombie
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gemmell_Awards_for_Fantasy
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