Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter integral part of the last war, a former fencing champion turned exceptional torturer, is trapped in a deformed and broken body - yet he doesn't let it distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers.

The noble, charming officer and potential fencing champion, Captain Jezal dan Luthar, lives a life of comfort, cheating his friends at cards. Talkative, shallow, selfish, and self-destructive, the biggest obstacle on his horizon is getting out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring elderly men.

And Logen Ninefingers, an infamous fighter with a bloody past, is about to wake up in a hole in the snow with plans to settle a vendetta with Bethod, the new king of the North, once and for all - ideally by running away from it. But, as he discovers, old habits really do die hard... especially when Bayaz is involved. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a wretched assistant, he may be the First of the Magi, he may be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make Glokta, Jezal, and Logen's lives much more difficult...

Pages: 656, Year of Publication: 1011, Dimensions: 13.8x13.8cm