![]() ![]() There are scores of vignettes as the perspective flows from one person to another for instance, we see the general signing an order, then follow the messenger taking it into the valley, then trail the heavies who ambush him as they carry the intercepted message to their commander, and so on. It shifts viewpoint from one camp to the other, equally highlighting examples of cowardice, self-interest and incompetence from both sides. Set in the same universe as Abercrombie’s previous books, the story is vividly focussed on three days of fighting. The Union and the Northmen are at war and squaring up to clash over a hilltop henge called The Heroes. But it's no less true for being oft-repeated and The Heroes, his excellent fifth book, is a mud-splattered exploration of just how messy and humiliating a battle can be. "War is hell, and all that." Even Joe Abercrombie's characters realise that sentiment is trite. ![]()
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