The Wisdom of Crowds
core novel 2021 First Law World
Record
| First published | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.59 (44,795 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 520 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316187220 |
Synopsis
The third and final novel in Joe Abercrombie's Age of Madness trilogy opens after a period of revolutionary upheaval in the Union. The Breakers have seized power and dismantled the old order, implementing radical social change through mob rule and popular assemblies as the banks fall and the old symbols of the Union are torn down. The story follows multiple perspectives, including Citizen Brock, who seeks to become a hero of the new revolutionary age; Citizeness Savine, who must pivot from pursuing profit to ensuring her own survival and redemption; the deposed king Orso, discovering how little his former title means in a world turned upside down; and Rikke in the North, who faces dwindling allies and the threat of Black Calder as riots and a rising People's Army reshape the Union around them.
Where it sits
- Universe: First Law World
- Series: The Age of Madness core; position 3 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 3 of 3: previous The Trouble with Peace (2020)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Abercrombie
- https://joeabercrombie.com/books/the-wisdom-of-crowds/
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