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Epic Fantasy

Best Served Cold

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  • 2009 first published
  • 632 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (33 ratings)
  • 16 editions
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Best Served Cold is a 2009 epic fantasy novel by Joe Abercrombie. Much of the action takes place in Styria, Austria. It deals with revenge.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 33 ratings, and 72 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 16 editions across 3 languages.

At about 632 pages, most readers finish it in 11–12 hours.

About Best Served Cold

War may be hell, but for Monza Murcatto, a solider of considerable fortune; it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die. Duke Orso imagines that he can become king by ending the civil wars that have devastated Styria, but he errs by trying to kill his overly popular general, mercenary Monza Murcatto. Recovering from her massive injuries and mourning her murdered brother, Monza vows vengeance on Orso and half a dozen of his accomplices. "Joe Abercrombie takes the grand tradition of high fantasy literature and drags it down into the gutter, in the best possible way."
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  • Styria, Austria

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  • Fantasy
  • Revenge
  • Epic fantasy

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Who wrote Best Served Cold?

Best Served Cold was written by Joe Abercrombie and first published in 2009.

What genre is Best Served Cold?

It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy.

How long is Best Served Cold?

The median edition has 632 pages, about 11–12 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Best Served Cold?

Readers who like it often enjoy A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings and The Way of Kings.

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