We are very excited here on the Fantasy Hive today to share with you the cover of THE TROUBLE WITH PEACE, the next installment in Joe Abercrombie’s The Age of Madness series. The hardback is set to hit shelves on 15th September 2020.

The Art

Are you ready for this?

The cover artist is Tomás Almeida and I think we can all agree how much of a stunning job they’ve done. I particularly love the little details, the soldiers and their horses panicking. It’s certainly eye-catching, and I get the feeling events are not going to be peaceful…

The Book

Second in the AGE OF MADNESS trilogy, THE TROUBLE WITH PEACE is the next instalment of a series which is revolutionising fantasy…

Conspiracy. Betrayal. Rebellion.

Peace is just another kind of battlefield…

Savine dan Glokta, once Adua’s most powerful investor, finds her judgement, fortune and reputation in tatters. But she still has all her ambitions, and no scruple will be permitted to stand in her way.

For heroes like Leo dan Brock and Stour Nightfall, only happy with swords drawn, peace is an ordeal to end as soon as possible. But grievances must be nursed, power seized and allies gathered first, while Rikke must master the power of the Long Eye… before it kills her.

Unrest worms into every layer of society. The Breakers still lurk in the shadows, plotting to free the common man from his shackles, while noblemen bicker for their own advantage. Orso struggles to find a safe path through the maze of knives that is politics, only for his enemies, and his debts, to multiply.

The old ways are swept aside, and the old leaders with them, but those who would seize the reins of power will find no alliance, no friendship, and no peace, lasts forever.