Red Country

Written by Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by Steven Pacey

They burned her home, stole her family, and now vengeance is hers.--Shy South hoped to bury her past and ride away smiling, but she'll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she's not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit with only her cowardly stepfather. But it turns out he's buried a bloody past of his own. Their journey will take them across the barren plains to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feud, duel, and massacre.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Jan 8, 2013
• ISBN: 9781666600780

Joe Abercrombie

Joe Abercrombie was born in Lancaster, England, studied psychology at Manchester University, and worked as an editor of documentaries and live music before his first book, The Blade Itself, was published in 2006. Two further installments of the First Law trilogy, Before They Are Hanged and Last Argument of Kings, followed, along with three standalone books set in the same world: Best Served Cold, The Heroes, and Red Country. He has also written the Shattered Sea trilogy for young adults, the Age of Madness trilogy for old adults, and Sharp Ends, a collection of short stories. He lives in Bath, England, with his wife and three children. The Devils is his thirteenth novel.

Reviews for Red Country

[Alexia (Lexi) Martinez · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very well written. Nostalgic but fresh at the same time.

[Ivn09 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Abercrombie has set the bar so high that this book is the weakest of the spinoffs of The First Law. (Translated from Spanish)

[ACelaya · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

What can I say about this book... I found it to be the weakest of all Abercrombie's works. The book isn't bad, but after the previous ones, it significantly lowers the tone. Also, I think that western tone doesn't quite fit this type of book; that's my opinion. I think I would give it a 7.5. (Translated from Spanish)

[zurilector · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It's not as good as other works by Joe Abercrombie, but it has some touches of the master, the stark action, the cynical and amoral characters, and an interesting mix between western and fantasy. Overall, it is enjoyable to read. (Translated from Spanish)

[Cronicadelibros · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Of all the novels in The First Law series written up to this point, Red Country is, in my opinion, the weakest of all. We could classify it as a mix of adventure novel and western (which I would divide into two parts referenced by two movies, the conquest of the West and the legend of the nameless city).

The part about crossing the desert becomes quite slow even if we take the excuse of getting to know the new characters. The good thing is closing some stories that came from the original trilogy, seeing other "mythical" characters, and watching how the world of The First Law advances toward a pre-industrial era. (Translated from Spanish)