
Her tenderness comes across, and right after that is the amazing dream sequence brought to life. They run across Glokta, whom she has a history with. West manages to foist his sister, Ardee, off on Jezal, who, being the party animal, is quite taken with her beauty. Oh boy, the battle is gorgeously brought to the page. Having read the books, well, poor bandits. The first exchange between Jezal and Glokta is masterfully brought to life! And then there's Logen meeting Malachus Quai, who looks even more pathetic in the comic than he was described in the books. The art is beautiful, and was able to summarize a lot of information in graphic form, staying true to the original book without the reader feeling like we're missing out.Ĭaptain Jezal dan Luthar: Dashing officer, handsome nobleman, aspiring swordsman, and a guy who really loves to party. This item: The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie Paperback 18.00 Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie Paperback 17.81 Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie Paperback 17.81 The First Law Trilogy Boxed Set: The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings Joe Abercrombie 2,840 Paperback 7 offers from 28. This review will focus on how well the graphic novel is able to bring the book to life. Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, old scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood.Issue 2 of 4 of the graphic novel adaptation of The Blade Itself. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glotka a whole lot more difficult. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it.Įnter the wizard, Bayaz. But then Glokta hates everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for friendship.


Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box.

But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules. Nobleman Captain Jezal dan Luthar, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, has nothing more dangerous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of becoming a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but bad songs, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck.
