The Devils - BookWyrm

560 pages

English language

Published May 13, 2025

ISBN:: 978-1-250-88005-5

Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters. The mission he is tasked with will require bloody measures from them all in order to achieve its righteous ends.

Elves lurk at our borders and hunger for our flesh, while greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions and comfort. With a hellish journey before him, it's a good thing Brother Diaz has the devils on his side.

Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters. The mission he is tasked with will require bloody measures from them all in order to achieve its righteous ends.

Elves lurk at our borders and hunger for our flesh, while greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions and comfort. With a hellish journey before him, it's a good thing Brother Diaz has the devils on his side.

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73pctGeek reviewed The Devils by Joe Abercrombie (The Devils, #1)

Fun!

3 stars

A cast of extremely colourful characters disaster their way across an alternate Europe in an attempt to avoid suffering the consequences of their Papal binding.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. There were some glaringly obvious “twists”, and some rather more subtle ones, but even the ones I could see coming miles off were still pulled off to my satisfaction. There are quite a few characters, and they are all very, clearly distinguishable. Abercrombie also avoids turning them into caricatures, giving hints of depth to even the most single-minded ones. I liked the world-building, particularly the schism. One or two of the combat scenes dragged on a bit, but in general, this was a fast, fun read. Will be reading the sequels.