The Blade Itself: The First Law: Book One

A GOLLANCZ EBOOK

First published in Great Britain in 2006 by Gollancz
First published in ebook in 2009 by Gollancz

Copyright © Joe Abercrombie 2006
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ISBN: 978 0 575 09150 4

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