“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…”
And that is about all that has been released by Abercrombie’s publishers, Gollancz, regarding his upcoming novel (A) Red Country. However, we were able to get more details from Abercrombie in our Podcast earlier this year (you can’t see the weapons and angry glares we had to use in order to force them from him, as it’s an audio only file). You’ll also find out why I consistently use (A) prior to Red Country…which I’m sure is annoying you.
Well, actually, we do have some (A) Red Country news for you today! That is because Gollancz has finally broken their recent silence by releasing the cover on their blog… YES! The actual cover! The good news is that they’ve stuck with the same style they’ve used for Abercrombie’s First Law Trilogy, Best Served Cold and The Heroes – so, you’ll have a nice matching set once you pick it up.
Here it is, let us know in the comments what you think:
Looks pretty awesome right? I do love those Abercrombie covers… Oh what? That’s not big enough for you to truly admire? How about this one?
“With [(A) Red Country], Joe Abercrombie is once again venturing in a new direction, and on a new adventure, with one of the most enduring, powerful and popular characters of the First Law Trilogy. It’s going to be their biggest challenge yet.”
The word is that (A) Red Country is to be a kind of western adventure. From the few pieces of information I’ve read and what Joe has told me, it sounds like a kind of Unforgiven type story – you know the one with Eastwood? As opposed to cowboys riding around and blasting each other. I for one can’t wait to see how he has handled it.
For those interested by the way (and I’m sure that is all of you), the release dates are as follows:
UK: THURSDAY, OCT 18TH 2012 AND US: TUESDAY, NOV 20TH 2012.
I’m off to beg Gollancz for an ARC so I can get an early review up! Already, I’m anticipating this being one of the best books of the year and if you’ve read an Abercrombie book before, I don’t need to explain that statement; you already know why.
I’ll leave you with the US Cover…enjoy!
Notes:
• Joe Abercrombie is the author of the brilliant First Law Trilogy. You can read a review for this here.
• Our first interview with Joe Abercrombie can be found here.
• Our Podcast with Joe Abercrombie can be found here.
• Other than our Podcast, the only details on (A) Red Country can be found here.
• Finally, for more information on Joe Abercrombie, please visit his blog.
