Joe Abercrombie - Best Served Cold (epub) - j_ray

Springtime in Styria. And that means war.

There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked
in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have
bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, and behind
the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose
who will be king.

War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and
famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of making money
too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's
taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is
a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die.

Her allies include Styria's least reliable drunkard, Styria's most treacherous
poisoner, a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers and a Northman who just wants to
do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the nation. And that's
all before the most dangerous man in the world is dispatched to hunt her down and
finish the job Duke Orso started...

Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.

Title: Best Served Cold
Author: Joe Abercrombie
Published: July 29, 2009, by Orbit
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN-10: 0316044962
Length: 640 pages