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I've just finished Red Country by Joe Abercrombie, a book I almost bought in hardback a year ago, and have been waiting for the ebook to hit a sensible price ever since.
I liked it as much as everything else he's done. It's set in the same world as his other fantasy novels, and features several recurring characters, so it's probably best to read the other five books first. He seems to have moved a bit further forward in time this time, and has started bringing in hints of technological progress, like the printing press, so I'm not sure how much further he can take this world before it starts to change its flavour.
Red Country is essentially a Western with fantasy trimmings. I don't consider that a bad thing.
I've moved on to Sleepyhead by Mark Billingham, which is kind of uninspired so far. It's a police procedural with an unusual crook and characters that don't seem terribly interesting so far. It's still early days, though, so it might pick up. Or I might regret buying that boxed set of five books.
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