‘A Red Country,’ or possibly just, ‘Red Country’.

[Menion]

Joe's new novel. Any ideas on what it could be about?

I'm hopeing for a new Main. Ferro should get a mention, at least as a minor character, and it should be based in the south.

And obviously Logen has to return!

 

[biodroid]

I vote for an all new cast.

 

[nixie]

I don't care if it is previous characters or new ones. Although I would like proof that the bloody nine is still alive.

 

[biodroid]

I should not have read your post Nixie AAAAARRRGGGHHH!!

 

[Menion]

Bio, have you not read The First Law?

 

[Rosemary]

I'll be quite happy with a new series, with or without the previous characters.

Unfortunately our Joe has given us very few clues! Deliberately, I would suggest, just to keep us wondering and for Menion to start this new thread

 

[nixie]

I should not have read your post Nixie AAAAARRRGGGHHH!!

Sorry Biodroid

 

[Comrade Gwydion]

I'd suspect the new book being about Styria, a bloody red country indeed.

Monza Murcatto has made an enemy of both the Prophet and the Magi. She's backed by a yet undefined 'third side' (perhaps the pure demons that also took over Ferro and the Maker's daughter?). In 'The Heroes' it's made clear that the Union is going to war to Styria, and the Prophet, having lost in the North, can't afford to loose Styria, so they'll either have to help Murcatto or attack the Union.

My guess is that the next book will be localised in Styria, possibly with scenes taking place in Midderland or the South.

 

[Comrade Gwydion]

Seems I was right: A synopsis post by Joe himself:

“Shy South comes home to her farm to find a blackened shell, her brother and sister stolen, and knows she’ll have to go back to bad old ways if she’s ever to see them again. She sets off in pursuit with only her cowardly old step-father Lamb for company. But it turns out he’s hiding a bloody past of his own. None bloodier. Their journey will take them across the lawless plains, to a frontier town gripped by gold fever, through feuds, duels, and massacres, high into unmapped mountains to a reckoning with ancient enemies, and force them into alliance with Nicomo Cosca, infamous soldier of fortune, a man no one should ever have to trust…”

 

[thaddeus6th]

I think the comments of that post suggest the location is roughly between the frontier of the Old Empire (my favourite part of the Circle of the World) and Styria.

I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Menion]

But it turns out he’s hiding a bloody past of his own. None bloodier.

Who do we know that had the bloodiest past? A certain seven fingered two thumbed gentlemen...

 

[thaddeus6th]

OH MY GOD!!!!

It's Frodo!

 

[Menion]

Not the answer I was thinking of... but it's a possibility.

 

[Warren_Paul]

Who do we know that had the bloodiest past? A certain seven fingered two thumbed gentlemen...

There is no doubt in my mind that the bloody nine is still alive. No surprise that its heading south either, that was always the direction the books were heading.

I think "Lamb" (working name?) could very well be Logan, but that means this book must come way later in time, if he has married and settled down. By calling him cowardly kinda makes me hesitate, I wouldn't call the bloody nine cowardly. If he is just 'seen' as cowardly because he is hiding from his past, then maybe.

I like the western theme he is introducing. I'm doing a bit of that in one of my writings.

 

[Menion]

There is no doubt in my mind that the bloody nine is still alive. No surprise that its heading south either, that was always the direction the books were heading.

I think "Lamb" (working name?) could very well be Logan, but that means this book must come way later in time, if he has married and settled down. By calling him cowardly kinda makes me hesitate, I wouldn't call the bloody nine cowardly. If he is just 'seen' as cowardly because he is hiding from his past, then maybe.

I like the western theme he is introducing. I'm doing a bit of that in one of my writings.

I doubt he married and had children, if you look it says step-father.

 

[Warren_Paul]

I doubt he married and had children, if you look it says step-father.

I never said he had children. But yes I doubt he married either.

 

[Menion]

http://www.joeabercrombie.com/2012/03/13/last-words/

The first draft is finished!

 

[Menion]

The US cover has just been released!
UK release date: October 18, 2012
US release date: November 20, 2012

And also a teaser trailer. http://fantasy-faction.com/2012/a-red-country-release-date-teaser

 

[biodroid]

Is it going to be a western? The blurb on the site and the video suggesst it looks like it. Either way Joe is always entertaining.

 

[Menion]

It's going to be a western theme, without revolvers and guns I guess, the whole man with a dark past trying to leave it behind and start again but getting pulled into it one last time.
Little settlements dotted miles apart in a dry land, bandits roaming, wild natives.