The Trouble with Peace is the second novel in British writer Joe Abercrombie's The Age of Madness trilogy, which continues the story of the world he created in The First Law trilogy.
Several months have passed since Crown Prince Orso ascended the throne of the Union after his father’s untimely passing, but the embers of the recent wars and uprisings continue to smolder and threaten to reignite a fire that may burn the whole kingdom down: across Midderland the exploited poor are fertile soil for the agitation of the Breakers and the Burners, while the nobility resent the Closed Council; in Angland, once loyal subjects nurse their grievances over being left to fend for themselves against the Northmen and then expected to pay even more taxes; and Stour Nightfall, King of the Northmen has not forgotten his defeat or given up his claim to Uffrith.
In this volatile situation, the heroes of the new age must take sides in the inevitable conflicts that lay ahead and may threated blow this new Age of Madness wide open.
The book was released on September 15, 2020.
For tropes, see The Age of Madness.
