The Trouble with Peace
core novel 2020 First Law World
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.60 (50,141 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316187190 |
Synopsis
The second novel in Joe Abercrombie's Age of Madness trilogy, set some time after A Little Hatred, follows multiple characters navigating a fragile peace that threatens to collapse. Savine dan Glokta works to rebuild her power and ambitions despite her ruined reputation, warriors like Leo dan Brock and Stour Nightfall struggle to adjust to peacetime after years of fighting, and Rikke must learn to control her mystical Long Eye ability as the visions it grants her grow harder to manage. Behind the scenes, a revolutionary faction called the Breakers works to upend the old order and stir unrest among the common people, while the nobility scheme for advantage, each maneuver threatening to unravel the uneasy peace that followed the previous book's conflicts.
Where it sits
- Universe: First Law World
- Series: The Age of Madness core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Joe Abercrombie
Notes
- From the series record (The Age of Madness): A generation later, during the Union's industrial revolution.
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 the series The Age of Madness: position 2 of 3: previous A Little Hatred (2019) · next The Wisdom of Crowds (2021)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Abercrombie
- https://joeabercrombie.com/books/the-trouble-with-peace/
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