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The chimneys dua is going through a period of industry rise over Adua and rapid industrial revolution, the old social structures being thrown into chaos as the world seethes with new opportunitiesfactories go up. But , the old scores run deep as everways die hard in this land. On In the blood-soaked borders of Anglandnorth, young heir to the Governorship Leo dan Dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat his allies fight off the marauding invading armies of Scale Ironhand and his nephew Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help desperately wants reinforcements from the crown. But King Jezal's son, but the feckless debaucherous, self-loathing Crown Prince Orso, is a man who specialises in disappointmentsall they can spare. Savine dan Glokta - socialiteDan Glotka, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in the Union - plans High Inquisitor, plots to claw her way ascend to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessarysocial hierarchy no matter the cost. But the slums boil over , with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. The age of hatred and discontent growing among the machine dawnsworking classes, but the age of magic refuses her plans might never come to diefruition. With Under the help tutelage of the mad hillwoman world-weary old witch Isern-iI-Phail, young Rikke struggles to control the blessingLong Eye, something she was blessed (or the cursepossibly cursed) with. However, of the Long Eye. Glimpsing seeing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing and affecting it will be quite another are two very different things. . .
The setting is one that’s not often explored in fantasy literature, and definitely makes it more interesting. The world depicted in A Little Hatred is neither completely medieval European-style fantasy, nor completely Gaslamp-style fantasy, but a world that is transitioning from the former to the latter. The chapters set in Leo and Rikke’s point-of-view involves the province of Angland repelling a much larger invading force in the form of the armies of Scale Ironhand, king of the North, his brother Black Calder and his nephew Stour Nightfall, which seems much more like a classic fantasy novel plot. Meanwhile, the Union is on the brink of an industrial revolution, which is mostly told through the eyes of Savine and other characters. It doesn’t shy away from showing the ugly side of industrial revolution, either, child labour is often used to maximise profits and workers are being put out of employment by these new machines. As such, there are also rising factions of this world’s equivalent of the Luddites: the Breakers, who just want to smash the machines that have taken their jobs, and the Burners, who are much more anarchical and want to bring down the entire ruling class. Thankfully, the plentiful dark comedy and dry wit acts to alleviate some of the more depressing moments in the book.