Before They Are Hanged

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Bitter & merciless war is coming to the frozen north. It's bloody & dangerous & the Union army split by politics & hamstrung by incompetence is utterly unprepared for the slaughter that's coming. Lacking experience training & in some cases even weapons the army is scarcely equipped to repel Bethod's scouts let alone the cream of his forces. In the heat-ravaged south the Gurkish are massing to assault the city of Dagoska defended by Inquisitor Glokta. The city is braced for the inevitable defeat & massacre to come preparations are made to make the Gurkish pay for every inch of land.. .but a plot is festering to hand the city to its beseigers without a fight & the previous Inquisitor of Dagoska vanished without trace. Threatened from within & without the city Glokta needs answers & he needs them soon. & to the east a small band of malefactors travel to the edge of the world to reclaim a device from history
- a Seed hidden for generations
- with tremendous destructive potential. A device which could put a end to war to the army of Eaters in the South to the invasion of Shanka from the North
- but only if it can be found & only if its power can be controlled.. .