Joe Abercrombie's HALF A KING storms into bestseller chart

HALF A KING, the new crossover fantasy novel from bestselling author Joe Abercrombie has stormed into the hardback fiction chart at number 3 after one week's sales. It's also number 1 on The Bookseller's heatseeker chart.

The book, published by HarperVoyager in the UK and Commonwealth on 3 July and Del Ray in the US on 15 July, was accompanied by a huge publicity campaign and fantastic quote from George R.R. Martin, author of the GAME OF THRONES books:

'A fast-paced tale of betrayal and revenge that grabbed me from page one and refused to let me go'.