Chronicles of the Black Company

by Cook, Glen
ISBN: 9780765319234
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Overview

Darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must. They bury their doubts with their dead.

Then comes the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more...

This omnibus edition comprises The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose--the first three novels in Glen Cook's bestselling fantasy series.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Cook, Glen
  • ISBN: 9780765319234
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.09 x 1.24
  • Number Of Pages: 704
  • Publication Year: 2007

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  • A True Grimdark Original

    null null. - 2 months ago

    The Company has been around so long that no one knows for sure why they were formed in the first place, and some of its members have served for hundreds of years (the wizards, anyway). All they know is that they're trying to get to someplace called Khatovar, and that it's imperative that the Annalist write down every one of their travels and travails. This first collection introduces us to the memorable characters of the Company just as they fall into the service of the Lady, a mysterious, powerful, and terrifying entity to friend and foe alike. Cook portrays his fantasy world through the eyes of soldiers, rogues, and other less-than-perfect characters who are just trying to survive in a harsh world. His plot is engaging, full of surprises, his style trim and fast paced. "The Chronicles of the Black Company" inspired many popular authors, including Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont, and it remains an enduring classic to this day.

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  • Dark epic fantasy from the grunt level perspective.

    Nishant K. - 2 years 3 months ago

    This is the greatest dark fantasy series you've never heard of. It's told from the point of view of Croaker, the medic/annalist for a cut throat group of mercenaries. You're reading a copy of his annals, the written history of the company during his tenure. The Black Company aren't nice guys, it's an outfit made up of murderers and worse, and they fight for the highest bidder. Lately the company's situation in the city of Beryl has gotten grim (like pestilence from the piles of bodies in the streets grim), and its leaders have tough choices to make regarding its future. A shadowy emissary from a distant empire could either be their salvation, or the harbinger of unimaginable dooms. This is dark fantasy told from the ground level perspective of the men fighting for kings, warlords, and emperors. You won't find Game of Thrones-ish court politics and backstabbery, but there's plenty of intrigue and deception. The world is as vast as Middle Earth, and as rich and complex as Westeros. Cook's choice to tell his story through a first person narrator like Croaker is brilliant, as you're getting a perspective that's limited and sometimes unreliable. As a writer, Cook simply has to be experienced, no paltry description here will suffice. To say he's the Ernest Hemingway of dark fantasy would be close, he speaks volumes with the fewest words possible.

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