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First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2015
Copyright © Joe Abercrombie 2015
Map and Bail’s Point illustration copyright © Nicolette Caven 2015
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Cover images © Mike Bryan (flame axes illustration); Shutterstock.com (castle, sea)
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Source ISBN: 9780007550265
Ebook Edition © July 2015 ISBN: 9780007550272
Version: 2017-11-23
For Teddy
The man who stands at a strange threshold
Should be cautious before he cross it,
Glance this way and that:
Who knows beforehand what foes may sit
Awaiting him in the hall?
From Hávamál, the Speech of the High One
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