The Wisdom of Crowds

The world of the First Law is dragged into a perilous age. An age of great winners and huge losers, an age of fury, vengeance and revolution, an age in which history will repeat, while nothing will be the same again. An age of madness. The Wisdom of Crowds sees antiheroes clawing for survival as Civil War convulses the North and the Great Change finally grips the Union. Friends turn on one another and enemies are forced into unlikely alliances, the prisons are opened and the palaces burned, and no one can tell who will emerge on top as the world is turned upside down. Savine dan Glokta—once the admired face of a new era of progress and profit—will need every grain of courage and cunning if she’s to come alive through the terror that grips the city of Adua. Leo dan Brock lost everything in one bold gamble, now he must make himself into a colder, harder, more ruthless hero for a colder, harder, more ruthless age if he is once again to save the Union from itself. Orso discovers that in a revolution, there is no one lower than a king, while Rikke seizes destiny by the scruff of the neck as she dares to rip control of the North from the descendants of Bethod, a fight in which only the most merciless can prevail. The fates of all four will be decided against the backdrop of a world in flames, as the beast of revolution finally breaks its chains.

The world of the First Law is dragged into a perilous age. An age of great winners and huge losers, an age of fury, vengeance and revolution, an age in which history will repeat, while nothing will be the same again. An age of madness. The Wisdom of Crowds sees antiheroes clawing for survival as Civil War convulses the North and the Great Change finally grips the Union. Friends turn on one another and enemies are forced into unlikely alliances, the prisons are opened and the palaces burned, and no one can tell who will emerge on top as the world is turned upside down. Savine dan Glokta—once the admired face of a new era of progress and profit—will need every grain of courage and cunning if she’s to come alive through the terror that grips the city of Adua. Leo dan Brock lost everything in one bold gamble, now he must make himself into a colder, harder, more ruthless hero for a colder, harder, more ruthless age if he is once again to save the Union from itself. Orso discovers that in a revolution, there is no one lower than a king, while Rikke seizes destiny by the scruff of the neck as she dares to rip control of the North from the descendants of Bethod, a fight in which only the most merciless can prevail. The fates of all four will be decided against the backdrop of a world in flames, as the beast of revolution finally breaks its chains.

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Little Hatred comes a stunning fantasy novel that finds the world in an unstoppable revolution where heroes have nothing left to lose as darkness and destruction overtake everything. Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us . . . Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds. With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies . . . while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance. The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together . . . "A master of his craft." —Forbes "No one writes with the seismic scope or primal intensity of Joe Abercrombie." —Pierce Brown Note: This special edition of The Wisdom of Crowds is signed by Joe on a signature sheet that has been bound into the book, making it unique from the normal trade hardcover that will publish!

The Wisdom of Crowds brings the Age of Madness trilogy to its conclusion. Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us . . . Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds. With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies . . . while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance. The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together...

Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us . . . Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds. With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies . . . while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance. The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver's ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together . . .

The world of the First Law is dragged kicking and screaming into a truly perilous age. An age of great winners and huge losers, an age of fury, vengeance and revolution, an age in which history will repeat, while nothing will be the same again. An age…of madness. The Wisdom of Crowds sees antiheroes clawing for survival as Civil War convulses the North and the Great Change finally grips the Union. Friends turn on one another and enemies are forced into unlikely alliances, the prisons are opened and the palaces burned, and no one can tell who will emerge on top as the world is turned upside down. Savine dan Glokta—once the admired face of a new era of progress and profit—will need every grain of courage and cunning if she’s to come alive through the terror that grips the city of Adua. Leo dan Brock lost everything in one bold gamble, now he must make himself into a colder, harder, more ruthless hero for a colder, harder, more ruthless age if he is once again to save the Union from itself. Orso discovers that in a revolution, there is no one lower than a king, while Rikke seizes destiny by the scruff of the neck as she dares to rip control of the North from the descendants of Bethod, a fight in which only the most merciless can prevail. The fates of all four will be decided against the backdrop of a world in flames, as the beast of revolution finally breaks its chains...