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  <title><![CDATA[The Black Company ( The Chronicle of the Black Company, Books of the North, Book One)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her....</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1984</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glen Cook]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 17 13:33:39 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 17 13:51:41 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a good read. It involves an ancient and traditional mercenary company, The Black Company, trying to survive in a rather nasty fantasy world. It has an interesting combination of grittiness and wonder. The plot, involving the Company being employed by an ancient evil that turns out to be, in a l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12776307">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="19427053">
    <user id="1048045">
    <name><![CDATA[Dfordoom]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Australia]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Apr 03 23:43:58 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 03 23:45:09 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The adventures of a company of warrior mercenaries in a medieval-type fantasy world, but told in what's presumably supposed to be a modern and grittily realistic manner, with the characters sounding like hard-bitten US marines in a bad Hollywood war movie.  It's The Dirty Dozen in chainmail.  This s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19427053">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45854830">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 09 13:40:40 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 09 13:43:35 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very much grown-up book.  It's also a bit of a downer because there are no good guys in the book.  The protagonists are mercenaries who are enlisted into the service of the ultimate evil power in the world.  The rebels who are fighting against the evil empire do many of the same atrocious ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45854830">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45710663">
    <user id="1314511">
    <name><![CDATA[Art]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oakland, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Feb 07 22:23:51 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 07 22:49:02 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I randomly came across a very expensive Glen Cook hardcover in a bookstore, and the foreword mentioned the Black Company.  I decided to try that first, cheap paperback and all.  I got hooked, just like the author of that foreword said I would.<br/><br/>The Black Company is a group of mercenaries, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45710663">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="64363525">
    <user id="1399464">
    <name><![CDATA[Michael]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 21 08:59:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 21 09:00:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The books follow a mercenary company in a rough and gritty fantasy world. This particular series is from the point of view of Croaker, the company chronicler and medic. I've really thoroughly enjoyed it, despite being somewhat tired of the dark &amp; gritty genre.<br/><br/>It has a very militaristic, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64363525">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71158700">
    <user id="2565933">
    <name><![CDATA[Meghan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Arlington, TN]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Sep 14 06:15:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Sep 14 11:35:44 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite 'war' stories, as told from a combatant's point of view.<br/><br/>These are bleak and harsh times; bad things - TERRIBLE things - happen for no real discernible reason other than that's how things unfolded, due to circumstance and choices made and - occasionally - the weather.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71158700">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44193957">
    <user id="1548492">
    <name><![CDATA[Shari Mulluane]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charles City, VA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 24 12:58:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 30 12:56:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The characters are great. Each has a very distinct personality. The wizards that travel with the company are simply priceless and at times hilarious. It can be dark and tragic; it is war after all, people die and often in horrible ways. The current employers of the Black Company are also very dark a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44193957">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="45926990">
    <user id="917787">
    <name><![CDATA[Garret]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Melbourne, FL]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 08:00:38 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 10 08:10:17 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is gritty military fantasy, and depending on who you ask, stands a good chance of being <strong>The</strong> gritty military fantasy. Told as a reading from the Annals of the Black Company, the last of the Free Companies, as it moves from being retained to protect a city's ruler to being the foremost compa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45926990">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="38460491">
    <user id="1744119">
    <name><![CDATA[JT]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Really anyone at all.]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Rug]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 23 11:33:34 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 23 11:38:55 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>10+</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[It seems unlikely that realism has any place in Fantasy, however, Cook pulls it off.  The First person unreliable point of view he uses in this and all of the other Black Company books makes a start of it.  By filtering everything through one character's perceptions, he gives the events an immediacy...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38460491">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64900012">
    <user id="1646176">
    <name><![CDATA[PR]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Chicago, IL]]></location>        
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      <rating>1</rating>
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  <date_added>Sat Jul 25 09:17:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jul 25 09:54:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A guy I once knew was heavy into this series.  The covers are well done, interesting. I said, &quot;why not?&quot; and checked the entire series out of the library.<br/><br/>Eeek! Gads!  I tried, and tried, and tried to read this book. I gave it my best.  I finished it.  Attempted to read book two...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64900012">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49233582">
    <user id="1394059">
    <name><![CDATA[Andre]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Riverbank, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 14 07:29:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 14 07:37:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this one very much...not a five star joy, but four and &quot;just&quot; at that. I was a little put off by the overabundance of magic but admired how Cook didn't allow it to overshadow his characters and become a focus of the story. He did a good job of blending there...something I need to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49233582">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60664534">
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    <name><![CDATA[Zachary]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Talent, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Military/Fantasy Fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 22 12:36:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 06 23:10:48 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I actually read this as a part of <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400924.Chronicles_of_The_Black_Company_The_Black_Company_Shadows_Linger_The_White_Rose_" title="Chronicles of The Black Company (The Black Company / Shadows Linger / The White Rose) by Glen Cook">Chronicles of The Black Company</a>. <br/><br/>I had heard a lot about this series but what really drew me in was the cover of the book <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/400924.Chronicles_of_The_Black_Company_The_Black_Company_Shadows_Linger_The_White_Rose_" title="Chronicles of The Black Company (The Black Company / Shadows Linger / The White Rose) by Glen Cook">Chronicles of The Black Company</a>. Without the illustrations I probably wouldn't have picked it up.<br/><br/>I really enjoyed the bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60664534">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26193165">
    <user id="1156136">
    <name><![CDATA[Nicolas]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hellemmes, France]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jul 03 05:02:32 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 25 06:17:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Il est très rare, dans une littérature aussi conservative que la fantasy, de tomber sur un roman aussi étrange que celui-ci. <br/>En effet, ici, point de chevalier blanc terrassant le dragon, moins encore de glorieux magiciens sauvant facilement le monde d’un coup de baguette magique. Non, ici...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26193165">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="53280586">
    <user id="155253">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Apr 19 18:19:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Apr 19 18:21:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's like Lord of the Rings told from the perspective of the Nazgul. Quite interesting, but the author has a very particular style of writing that uses a lot of nick names and leaves out many transitions, so it takes about half the book before you can follow all the action. When I started the book, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53280586">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38279525">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone looking for a quick, interesting fantasy read]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Jim]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 20 20:30:16 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 20 20:32:14 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The &quot;white rose&quot;'s identity was ridiculously predictable.  I guessed correctly the moment it was mentioned.<br/><br/>It was very confusing to walk into a world with Taken, the Circle, the Dominator, and the Lady without any explanation whatsoever, but it turned out to be interesting.  Wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38279525">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49393897">
    <user id="1702791">
    <name><![CDATA[David]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Mar 15 19:11:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 15 19:14:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Slowly filling out my shelves by author.  Black Company is in my top three favorite books, though certainly not top three best-written.  It's a bit disjointed, given that parts of it were first published in short story form, but it introduced a vivid fantasy world focused on dark realism.  No elves ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49393897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43433388">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kevin]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Chronicles of the Black Company still rate as my favorite books of all time, even though I was still a teenager when I read them. Though set in a war, in a universe of magic and other fantastical things the first person point of view and in-depth humor of the characters hooked me right away, and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43433388">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of three novels: The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose<br/><br/>I thoroughly enjoyed reading this collection. I picked it up after seeing blurbs on the back of Malazan series comparing it to the books from Glen Cook. For those who enjoyed the Bridgeburner portions of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57273897">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good premise, likeable characters, but I expected a whole lot more. Maybe I am just spoiled by better 1st person narrative in other series that I have read/am reading, but the writing seemed to be assumptive and lacking description to me. Again, the book is likeable; I just had higher expectations f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46191543">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up pretty randomly a few years back and haven't regretted.  I really enjoyed reading about Croaker and the Black Company and its exploits.  Definitely a book that I'm more than willing to read again and again (I just finished reading it again more recently).]]></body>
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