The Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic from the last war, a former fencing champion turned exceptional torturer, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - yet he does not let this distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers.

The noble, charming officer and aspiring fencing champion, Captain Jezal dan Luthar, lives a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain, superficial, selfish, and self-absorbed, his greatest difficulty is getting out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring elders.

And Logen Ninefingers, a notorious warrior with a bloody past, is about to wake up in a hole in the snow with plans to settle a bloody vendetta with Bethod, the new king of the North, once and for all - ideally by running away from it. However, as he discovers, old habits die really, very, very hard... especially when Bayaz is involved. A bald old man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he might be the First of the Magi, he might be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he's about to make Glokta's, Jezal's, and Logen's lives a lot harder...

Pages: 608, Year of Publication: 1031, Dimensions: 13.4x13.4cm