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The first novel in the First Regulation Trilogy and the debut novel from New York Times best seller Joe Abercrombie. Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally go out of luck. Found in a single feud way too many, he's on the verge to become a dead barbarian - departing nothing at all behind him but bad tracks, dead friends, and a lot of happy enemies. Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of selfishness, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing at all more dangerous at heart than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing group. But battle is making, and on the battlefields of the iced North they struggle by entirely bloodier rules. Inquisitor Glokta, cripple converted torturer, want nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But Glokta hates everyone: Trimming treason from the Union one confession at a time leaves little room for companionship. His latest path of corpses may lead him to the rotten center of federal government, if he is able to stay alive long enough to follow it. Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic associate, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glokta much more difficult. Murderous conspiracies grow to the top, old scores are ready to be resolved, and the series between hero and villain is razor-sharp enough to bring blood. Unpredictable, powerful, wickedly funny, and filled with unforgettable individuals, The Blade Itself is noir illusion with a real cutting edge.