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A nearly final version. For the full effect, here:
You can never have too many knives. Yes, indeed, a development of the theme from the last two books but, you know, if it ain’t broke, as they say, why fix? I continue to love the way these UK covers blend something a little bit fantasy with something a little bit not and have a style all of their own – a brand, if you will. Once again, Dave Senior has provided the map, Didier Graffet the weapons, while Laura Brett has officiated over the marriage of the two and done all the design work under the watchful eye of Gillian Redfearn, while I howled unhelpfully from the sidelines. I daresay we’ll take a slightly different tack next time around, we shall see. Ah! The copy:
“They burned her home.
They stole her brother and sister.
But vengeance is following.
Shy South hoped to bury her bloody past and ride away smiling, but she’ll have to sharpen up some bad old ways to get her family back, and she’s not a woman to flinch from what needs doing. She sets off in pursuit with only a pair of oxen and her cowardly old stepfather Lamb for company. But it turns out Lamb’s buried a bloody past of his own, and out in the lawless Far Country, the past never stays buried.
Their journey will take them across the barren plains to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feud, duel and massacre, high into the unmapped mountains to a reckoning with the Ghosts. Even worse, it will force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, and his feckless lawyer Temple, two men no one should ever have to trust…”
Are you excited? Cause I’m pretty damn excited, I can tell you that. Red Country will be published in the UK on October 18th, and British persons of taste and distinction can pre-order here, should they so desire. Red Country will be published in the US on October 23rd, and American persons of discernment and high character can select a willing advance vendor here. Of course, you don’t have to. I’m just giving you all the options…
AWESOME!.
I chuckled to read the name “Squaredeal” for a town, how very Western!.
Am so excited!.
Yeehaw!. ( Sticking with the theme there, see?).
Oh ho ho Cosca! You scaly bastard I have missed you, I just left our mutual friend Shivers (The boys got the devil in him but i still love him) in the North a few weeks ago. I never did find Logen like I wanted, but you have to be realistic about these things. I did make some new friends up there though. Huge beast of a man named Gorst with a voice like a maid and passion for heroics, always seemed to be thinking, not much for talking…but really can’t blame the man. There was Corporal Tunney a man I believe after your own heart. Say one thing for Corporal Tunny, say he put the honor in dishonorable (or maybe he didn’t) . Met Whirrun and the Father of swords…before he went back to the mud he showed me something called a cheese trap, real simple food but I swear its gunna catch on and they will sings songs about that too. Fools will sing about anything if you make it sound glorious enough. I ‘m surprised your still getting yourself in to trouble, especially after your close call on your adventure with Monza but your an opportunist man if there ever was one. Well I gotta run, hope Friendly’s still got your back. I will be back around in a few months and we will drink and swap stories…be careful Nicomo. …and hey…where’s your goat?
I like the daggers on the cover.
“You can never carry too many daggers!”
Great cover and nice to hear the blurb bit as well. Proper excited now, but October seems a long time away…..
Joe, this excites me immensely. I’m a very happy man after seeing that. That cover certainly has a resounding awesomeness to it that cannot be praised enough. But heap praise on it I shall nonetheless. It is moving, captivating and of such an exquisiteness that it should make any fantasy fan boy moist.
On another note, is there the possibility that you will be doing a book signing for it in Southampton like you did for the Heroes? I treasure my copy of The Heroes that you signed and my Joe Abercrombie book collection would not be complete without a signed copy of Red Country.
I buy nearly all my books on Kindle these days, except for these – the covers are just too darned beautiful
I am very excited about this. I have just finished re-reading the previous books look forward to seeing Cosca again
is the kindle version coming out at the same time for us futuristic types?
Yay! Nice one that will fit nicely next to the other ones I own already
Otherwise I may have to pull the same stunt 
Anyway, I’m looking forward to your new book and I have it on preorder already. Doing signings in Belgium? Holland? UK?
Say…
Remember me btw? I’m the Belgian guy that paid a lot of money for an arc of “the heroes” on ebay when that one was coming out. Any chance perhaps on you sending me a signed one this time around?
Greetings & hi from Belgium!
Since I’m American (and our book covers are never as good), ours will probably end up having a picture of Cosca’s goat on the front.
Wait…that would be totally awesome!
Loverly! And I’ve just started a re-read, taking things from the top and working my way back through the parchmenty bound universe you’ve created. I forgot just how good things got when we met Bayaz for the first time. AND the first time we meet Dow et all and they have that first stand off over who’s leading and whhere they’re going… Goose bumps ensued.
and looks like I’ll be ordering the UK cover again. From the USA. Need to keep the matching set.
Was just rereading The First Law series and thought I would check here to see if anything new was on the horizon. I am also very excited to see a new offering coming. Looks like a good read, just wish October was here already.
Keep up the awesome work Joe.
“You can never have too many knives.”
AHA! Gods, I’m slow sometimes.
Loving the Bowie on the cover – sets the flavour from the off while staying in a set with the other covers.Good job all!
Oh October can’t come soon enough for me, Season Three of The Walking Dead and more importantly, a new Abercrombie novel to sink my teeth into!
I hope this lives up to my expectations Joe…. Oh Hell, what am I saying? I know full well it will!
Oh yes very excited. Monzacarro became a good name for a new instrumental track i recorded. Can’t wait for more inspiration and a hell of a good time reading it. Wyoming
As always, the UK cover is immensely superior to the US one. I wonder how much better you’d sell in the States with the UK covers?
And here in Germany, we have to wait until ETERNITY… Damn ;(
The UK-covers all looks very impressing, while ours are… boring.
Nice at all, I will try to pre-order it (or anyone wants to give me one as a present? ;D)
Greetings from Dresden.
Joe, your covers are starting to look like whiskey labels!
Oh God… Cosca has a lawyer…
How can I safely self-induce a coma and wake up Oct 23?
Help! What isbn from the uk do I have to order to make sure I get the large paperback cover to keep my set matching. I don’t want the hard cover, nor the smaller 6inch paperback. Helppp
Nelson,
isbn on my trade (large) paperback = 978-0-575-09583-0. Mass market paperback’s not out yet, so that should be the only paperback you can get, anyway. it’s an export edition at the moment, though.
You’re the MAN Joe,
Amazing writing – I am in Canada so I might get lucky and find one this export editions close to home.
Thank you for the ISBN.