The time of reckoning is approaching. Logen Ninefingers may have only one last battle ahead of him - but it will be a big one. Battles are raging in the North, the King of the North still stands strong, and there is only one man who can stop him. His old friend and his old enemy. It's time for the Bloody-Nine to return.
Superior Glokta faces another kind of war. A secret struggle in which no one is safe and no one can be trusted. His days with the sword are long gone. It's a good thing that blackmail, threats, and torture still work quite well.
Jezal dan Luthar has decided that winning glory is too painful and has turned his back on military life for a simple life with the woman he loves. But love can be painful too, and glory has a nasty habit of creeping up on him when he least expects it. While the King of the Union lies on his deathbed, peasant revolutionaries and nobles fight to steal his crown. No one believes that the shadow of war falls over the heart of the Union. The First of the Magi has a plan to save the world, as always. But there are risks. After all, there is no more terrifying risk than breaking the First Law...