Savine dan Glokta, the Arch Lector’s venomously ambitious daughter, has spun a web of favours, partnerships, loans and blackmail across the Union. įor those at the top, it is an age of progress and opportunity. The aristocrats on the Open Council are restless and, in spite of brutal attempts at suppression, the Breakers and Burners strike increasingly bold blows for the common man, hoping to unleash a Great Change that will turn society upside down. But whether his unofficial reign can long continue remains to be seen. King Jezal is well-meaning but indecisive, and it is Arch Lector Glokta, ruthless head of his Majesty’s Inquisition, who has truly ruled from his seat on the Closed Council for the past thirty years. The nation totters, weakened by three fruitless wars against the Styrians, crippled by disastrous interest on loans from the Banking House of Valint and Balk, and riven by internal feuds. The chimneys of industry sprout over the cities of the Union and old certainties are swept aside. Needless to say, spoilers for that book and others in the First Law world will abound…. And so, for those who might be about to pick up The Trouble With Peace but could do with a refresher, here’s a précis of the events of A Little Hatred. It has occasionally been pointed out that in a long and complex fantasy series with several points of view, dozens of characters and hundreds of pages, after a 12 month wait between instalments, a little recap might prove useful.
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