The Devils

By: Joe Abercrombie

Narrated by: Steven Pacey

“Steven Pacey’s performance brings the story to life. Listeners will be on the edge of their seats.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Full of easy banter, dry humor delivered with excellent comedic timing, and tender moments of sapphic romance, this audiobook's memorable characters are expertly realized in Pacey's narration.”—AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)

A brand-new epic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie, featuring a notorious band of anti-heroes on a delightfully bloody and raucous journey

Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds.

Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters. The mission he is tasked with will require bloody measures from them all in order to achieve its righteous ends.

Elves lurk at our borders and hunger for our flesh, while greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions and comfort. With a hellish journey before him, it's a good thing Brother Diaz has the devils on his side.

“Full of easy banter, dry humor delivered with excellent comedic timing, and tender moments of sapphic romance, this audiobook’s memorable characters are expertly realized in Pacey’s narration.”—Locus Mag

This program features original credits music.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.

©2025 Joe Abercrombie (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“The Devils is Joe Abercrombie at his best: exciting, witty, vicious. History buffs (like me!) will love the fantasy-historical setting overflowing with brilliant little details.”—Django Wexler, author of How to Become a Dark Lord and Die Trying

“Devilish fun, an unholy delight. Wielding his trademarked grit and stiletto-sharp prose, Abercrombie is at his bloody best weaving a tale of monstrous heroes who discover the humanity in themselves.”—Pierce Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Rising

“The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, the first in a new series, is ferociously imagined, and rumbles along with the unstoppable force of a city-burying avalanche. It's also frequently shout-out-loud-with-laughter funny. When it comes to big, shamelessly entertaining fantasy, Abercrombie is in a class of his own.”—Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box

An unholy match made in heaven

Nobody can flesh out an anti-hero like Joe Abercrombie and nobody can bring them to life like Kevin Pacey. Using a parallel fantasy version of our world, the author is able to brilliantly set the focus of the spotlight on the characters. It constantly subverts you expectations and more often than not in wildly hilarious ways.

In The Devils you become each character forced to do something you don't want to do for something you don't believe in, the converse or along any variation in between. With Pacey's masterful delivery of each character you see the world from unique perspectives. No matter where you are taken or for why, you get to experience it from the backseat of someone elses mind... a mind full of trauma, cynicism, self abasement and meglomania. As the characters are changed through their experiences so do the perspectives. The characters grow organically with their experiences adding more depth and dimension to not only them but the readers interpretation of the world.

True to Abercrombie's style, it is grim, humorous, a bit raunchy, cynical, full of gore and at times its a little offensive. Everything fun isn't, yet paradoxically the most fun you'll get out of a book all year.

Perplexing disappointment

I have listened to every audiobook from Joe Abercrombie and have loved them all - except for this wandering and pointless book. it is somewhat saved from disgrace by a fine premise, a lot of humor and a brilliant narrator. Otherwise, it was a trial to finish.

Incredible Characters

Vampires, Magicians, and Werewolves oh my. Ya this book is incredible couldn’t recommend it enough. Can’t wait for the next one!

Fantastic

Joe Abercrombie is my favorite person to read for a few years now. Very exciting to get a new world that feels quite different while still containing his classic characters striving against the world and themselves to be better. Love it.

Abercrombie & Pacey Deliver (Again)

Glad to have a new book from Abercrombie and Pacey's performance is stellar, as ever.