Before They Are Hanged (64 page)
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Authors: Joe Abercrombie
Tags: #Fiction, #General, #Fantasy, #Science Fiction & Fantasy
Acknowledgments
Four people without whom…
Bren Abercrombie, whose eyes are sore from reading it
Nick Abercrombie, whose ears are sore from hearing about it
Rob Abercrombic, whose fingers are sore from turning the pages
Lou Abercrombie, whose arms are sore from holding me up
Also…
Jon Weir, for putting the word out
Simon Spanton, for not putting the boot in
And who could forget…
Gillian Redfearn, who not only made it happen, but made it better
Copyright © Joe Abercrombie 2007
All rights reserved
The right of Joe Abercrombie to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Gollancz
An imprint of the Orion Publishing Group
Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin’s Lane, London WC2H 9EA
This edition published in Great Britain in 2008 by Gollancz 13579 10 8642
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 9780575082014
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Table of Contents
The Great Leveller
Best Laid Plans
Questions
The Wounds of the Past
The Condition of the Defences
The Thing About Trust
Allies
Campfire Politics
Small Crimes
Rain
Bloody Company
Long Shadows
And Next… My Gold
Fear
One Hundred Words
The Blind Lead the Blind
Prince Ladisla’s Stratagem
Until Sunset
Long Odds
The Road to Victory
Necessary Evils
Among the Stones
The Fruits of Boldness
One for Dinner
One of Them
Heading North
Scant Mercy
So This is Pain
One Step at a Time
The Rest is Wasted Breath
A Matter of Time
Scars
Furious
To the Last Man
Jewel of Cities
Luck
Beneath the Ruins
No Good for Each Other
The Hero’s Welcome
Cold Comfort
The High Places
Coming Over
Cheap at the Price
To the Edge of the World
Before the Storm
Questions
Holding the Line
A Fitting Punishment
The Abode of Stones
Back to the Mud