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'''''Shattered Sea''''' is a [[young adult fiction|young adult]] [[fantasy]] series written by British author [[Joe Abercrombie]],<ref name=PW>{{cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: Half a King|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/9780804178426|website=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=10 April 2015}}</ref> a [[trilogy]] of novels published by [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]] in the United States and [[Harper Voyager]] in the UK.
'''''Shattered Sea''''' is a [[young adult fiction|young adult]] [[fantasy]] series written by the British author [[Joe Abercrombie]],<ref name=PW>{{cite web|title=Fiction Book Review: Half a King|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/9780804178426|website=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=10 April 2015}}</ref> a [[trilogy]] of novels published by [[Del Rey Books|Del Rey]] in the United States and [[Harper Voyager]] in the UK.


==Novels==
==Novels==
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==Plot==
==Plot==
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The story follows the exploits of Yarvi, a young prince of Gettland with a disabled hand. When his father dies, Yarvi is elevated to the throne but faces a struggle to keep it as others conspire to take it from him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Half a King by Joe Abercrombie - review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/jul/27/review-joe-abercrombie-half-a-king|author=Firebird|website=The Guardian|date=27 July 2014|accessdate=10 April 2015}}</ref> Initially, the main [[point of view (literature)|point of view]] character, the second book moves to two new characters, Thorn and Brand, while Yarvi remains as a central character.<ref name=PW/> In the third book, three new point of view characters (Princess Skara, the Vansterland warrior Raith and Father Yarvi's apprentice Koll, who features throughout the second book also) are introduced.

The story follows the exploits of Yarvi, a young prince of Gettland with a disabled hand. When his father dies Yarvi is elevated to the throne but faces a struggle to keep it as others conspire to take it from him.
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<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Half a King|url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2014/jul/27/review-joe-abercrombie-half-a-king|website=Guardian|accessdate=10 April 2015}}</ref> Initially the main [[point of view (literature)|point of view]] character, the second book moves to two new characters, Thorn and Brand, while Yarvi remains as a central character.<ref name=PW/> In the third book, three new POV characters (the princess Skara, the Vansterland warrior Raith, and Father Yarvi's apprentice Koll, who features throughout the second book also) are introduced.


==Setting==
==Setting==
The trilogy is set in what is at first glance an epic fantasy world, but is later shown as a [[Dying Earth (subgenre)|Dying Earth]]-type post-apocalyptic [[Scandinavia]], seemingly thousands of years in the future.<ref>{{cite web |title=Half a King by Joe Abercrombie |url=https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Joe-Abercrombie/Half-a-King.html |website=Fantasy Book Review |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref> Society has regressed to a medieval-equivalent level after a cataclysm of some kind, and the remnants of past are known as "elf-ruins".<ref>{{cite web |title=Half a War by Joe Abercrombie |url=https://www.sffworld.com/2015/09/half-a-war-by-joe-abercrombie-shattered-sea-3/ |website=SFF World |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref>
The trilogy is set in what is at first glance an epic fantasy world, but is later shown as a [[Dying Earth (subgenre)|Dying Earth]]-type post-apocalyptic [[Scandinavia]], seemingly thousands of years in the future.<ref>{{cite web |title=Half a King by Joe Abercrombie |url=https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Joe-Abercrombie/Half-a-King.html |website=Fantasy Book Review |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref> Society has regressed to a medieval-equivalent level after a cataclysm of some kind, and the remnants of past are known as "elf-ruins".<ref>{{cite web |title=Half a War by Joe Abercrombie (Shattered Sea #3)|author=Luke Brown|date=16 September 2015 |url=https://www.sffworld.com/2015/09/half-a-war-by-joe-abercrombie-shattered-sea-3/ |website=SFF World |accessdate=7 October 2019}}</ref>


The map of the ''Shattered Sea'' tallies closely with that of the current day [[Baltic Sea]], the main three countries of the book, Gettland, Vansterland and Throvenland seem to make up most of what is a modern-day [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Decoding the map of Joe Abercrombie's Shattered Sea|url=http://thewertzone.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/decoding-map-of-joe-abercrombies.html|website=The Wertzone|accessdate=10 August 2015}}</ref>
The map of the ''Shattered Sea'' tallies closely with that of the current day [[Baltic Sea]], the main three countries of the book, Gettland, Vansterland and Throvenland seem to make up most of what is a modern-day [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite blog|title=Decoding the map of Joe Abercrombie's Shattered Sea|author= Adam Whitehead |url=http://thewertzone.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/decoding-map-of-joe-abercrombies.html|website=The Wertzone|accessdate=10 August 2015}}{{rs}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:12, 9 September 2021

Shattered Sea
  • Half a King
  • Half the World
  • Half a War
AuthorJoe Abercrombie
LandVereinigtes Königreich
SpracheEnglisch
GenreFantasy
Publisher
Published2014 – 2015
Media typePrint

Shattered Sea is a young adult fantasy series written by the British author Joe Abercrombie,[1] a trilogy of novels published by Del Rey in the United States and Harper Voyager in the UK.

Novels

The trilogy
# Titel Pages UK release UK hardback ISBN
1 Half a King 384 3 July 2014 ISBN 978-0007550203
2 Half the World 496 15 February 2015 ISBN 978-0007550234
3 Half a War 512 16 July 2015 ISBN 978-0007550265

Plot

The story follows the exploits of Yarvi, a young prince of Gettland with a disabled hand. When his father dies, Yarvi is elevated to the throne but faces a struggle to keep it as others conspire to take it from him.[2] Initially, the main point of view character, the second book moves to two new characters, Thorn and Brand, while Yarvi remains as a central character.[1] In the third book, three new point of view characters (Princess Skara, the Vansterland warrior Raith and Father Yarvi's apprentice Koll, who features throughout the second book also) are introduced.

Setting

The trilogy is set in what is at first glance an epic fantasy world, but is later shown as a Dying Earth-type post-apocalyptic Scandinavia, seemingly thousands of years in the future.[3] Society has regressed to a medieval-equivalent level after a cataclysm of some kind, and the remnants of past are known as "elf-ruins".[4]

The map of the Shattered Sea tallies closely with that of the current day Baltic Sea, the main three countries of the book, Gettland, Vansterland and Throvenland seem to make up most of what is a modern-day Sweden.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fiction Book Review: Half a King". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ^ Firebird (27 July 2014). "Half a King by Joe Abercrombie - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Half a King by Joe Abercrombie". Fantasy Book Review. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. ^ Luke Brown (16 September 2015). "Half a War by Joe Abercrombie (Shattered Sea #3)". SFF World. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  5. ^ Adam Whitehead. "Decoding the map of Joe Abercrombie's Shattered Sea". The Wertzone. Retrieved 10 August 2015.[unreliable source?]
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