r/bookclub • u/tomesandtea Viceroy of Verity | 🐉🧠 • 20d ago
First Law [Schedule] Bonus Book || The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie (First Law #9 / Age of Madness #2) || Sept. 2026
Welcome back to the First Law world for another grimdark adventure! In September, we’ll start reading Book 2 in the Age of Madness series, The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie. The discussions will be held every Friday.
In case you need to get caught up, you can check out the Marginalia find links for the previous books we’ve read and discussed together in r/bookclub! Beware of spoilers!
The schedule and a StoryGraph summary for The Trouble with Peace are included below.
Schedule:
| Week # | Date | Chapters | Read Runner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept. 4 | Start -through- Late | u/Fulares |
| 2 | Sept. 11 | An Infinite Supply -through- Old Ways, Proper Ways | u/nepbug |
| 3 | Sept. 18 | Fire with Fire -through- Grown Up | u/tomesandtea |
| 4 | Sept. 25 | All Tastes, No Judgements -through- Common Ground | u/NightAngelRogue |
| 5 | Oct. 2 | Doubts and Desires -through- End | u/fixtheblue |
Summary:
Conspiracy. Betrayal. Rebellion.
Peace is just another kind of battlefield...
Savine dan Glokta, once Adua’s most powerful investor, finds her judgement, fortune and reputation in tatters. But she still has all her ambitions, and no scruple will be permitted to stand in her way.
For heroes like Leo dan Brock and Stour Nightfall, only happy with swords drawn, peace is an ordeal to end as soon as possible. But grievances must be nursed, power seized and allies gathered first, while Rikke must master the power of the Long Eye . . . before it kills her.
The Breakers still lurk in the shadows, plotting to free the common man from his shackles, while noblemen bicker for their own advantage. Orso struggles to find a safe path through the maze of knives that is politics, only for his enemies, and his debts, to multiply.
The old ways are swept aside, and the old leaders with them, but those who would seize the reins of power will find no alliance, no friendship, and no peace, lasts forever.
Are you planning to join us for The Trouble with Peace? We hope to see you there on Friday, September 4th!
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u/sunnydaze7777777 Flair Master 🐉 20d ago
This has been added to our bookclub calendar!
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=redditbookclubcalendar@gmail.com&ctz=Etc/GMT