A bitter and merciless was is coming to the frozen north. It is bloody and dangerous and the Union army, split by politics and hamstrung by incompetence, is utterly unprepared for the slaughter that is coming.
Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers. Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain, shallow, selfish and self-obsessed, the biggest blot on his horizon is having to get out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring old men. And Logen Ninefingers, an infamous warrior with a bloody past, is about to wake up in a hole in the snow with plans to settle a blood feud with Bethod, the new King of the Northmen, once and for all - ideally by running away from it. But as he's discovering, old habits die really, really hard indeed... ...especially when Bayaz gets involved. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, 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 Glotka, Jezal and Logen a whole lot more difficult...
PREPÁRATE para la próxima CANTANTE REVELACIÓN Chloe ha conseguido entrar en Rockley Park, la prestigiosa escuela para JÓVENES TALENTOS, y ha dado el primer paso para triunfar en el mundo de la música pop. Está deseando actuar en el concierto de ASPIRANTES a ESTRELLA de la escuela —ha oído que los cazatalentos de las compañías discográficas suelen verlo—, pero tiene un problema con su VOZ… Los amigos de Chloe hacen todo lo posible para que la recupere, pero el tiempo se le está agotando. ¿Perderá Chloe su gran oportunidad?