Best Served Cold
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Narrated by:
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Steven Pacey
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Written by:
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Joe Abercrombie
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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, 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.
©2010 Joe Abercrombie (P)2010 Orion Publishing Group LimitedWhat listeners say about Best Served Cold
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- Gustav Kleingeld
- 2020-09-23
Masterful writing and an amazing performance!
Joe's amazing utilization of the English language paints every scene, colors every moment and breathes life into every character!
Pacey's performance is amazing! You can feel every characters shift in temperament and ever conversation has excellent flow. A really great story!
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- Clayton Drysdale
- 2019-03-07
Well done
Another well done book by Abercrombie. Great characters, vivid scenery, chilling action and, of course, amazing narration by Pacey.
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- ChristopherPee
- 2022-11-13
Best fantasy series I have ever listened to
amazing character development, moving from different time spaces was flawlessly done with no confusion. 10/10 would recommend.
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Best narrator and story of all time
Stephen Pacey is the best narrator I’ve ever listened to. Joe Abercrombie is my favorite writer of all time. This is pretty fantastic I think I’ve listened to it 5 times over the years.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-10-26
Abercrombie continues to be brilliant
The First Law trilogy narrated by Steven Pacey was magnificent, and it quickly became my favourite series. Abercrombie's character writing is a master class and should be the subject of study for aspiring writers.
And with all that said, I think I may even enjoy Best Served Cold even more than the original trilogy. The story is tight with a sense of solid direction, filled with tension, moral dilemmas, and well written character progression. Steven Pacey absolutely nails the performance here, making every character feel unique and distinct.
I would recommend this to anyone and everyone.
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- Jonathan Tam
- 2020-10-27
Great story
Some great characters !
Also great length too for an audio book. Narrators tone is phenomenal and the story is full of twists and turns.
Highly recommend
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-01-27
Quickly becoming one of my all-time favourites
Gripping, raw, tense, funny, action-packed, and with superb character development. An absolutely stellar stand-alone in the First Law world I love. Just enough callbacks to make it feel like a part of that world, while independent enough to stand on its own merit. And it goes without saying, there is no better narrator than Steven Pacey.
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- Graham
- 2021-04-18
perfection really
Perfectly paced with fantastic characters. Steven Pacey is awesome. I think Joe Abercrombie might be good at this whole writing thing. Maybe he should consider it as a career?
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- ANDREW
- 2022-03-23
amazing
the best stand alone book in the series, but so important to the overall naritive later in the series. amazing listen, the best voice acting as always. friendly is the best
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- Sandra Gates
- 2024-01-13
The Characters
Shivers is no doubt one of the greatest characters in fantasy, and the supporting cast are all both witty, intelligent, and funny. Makato's arch is brilliant, and the push and pull relationship between her and Shivers is truly spectacular, and leads to an incredible conclusion.
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