Sharp Ends
Chapters - Joe Abercrombie
Section: The Fool Jobs
A story following Shev and Javre, recurring Sharp Ends characters, in a job that goes sideways in multiple directions simultaneously.
POV: Nicomo Cosca
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Section: Wrong Place, Wrong Time
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Section: Some Desperado
A short, brutal piece set during the Northern war, following a soldier through a single bad day. One of the collection's clearest statements about what the series thinks of military glory.
POV: Shy South
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Section: Yesterday, Near a Village Called Barden …
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Section: Three's A Crowd
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Section: Freedom!
A story set in Sipani following characters whose paths intersect without any of them being aware of it. The structure is more formally playful than most of the series.
POV: Nicomo Cosca
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Section: Tough Times All Over
The collection's longest piece, following Shev and Javre in a heist that escalates into something considerably more dangerous. The partnership between them is the emotional core of the Sharp Ends stories.
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Section: Made A Monster
A closing story that returns to a character from the main series at a point in their arc that reframes what the reader knows about them. The collection ends on a note consistent with the series as a whole: no comfortable landings.
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