Shadows Linger (The Chronicle of the Black Company, #2)

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Shadows Linger (The Chronicles of the Black Company #2)

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Mercenary soldiers in the service of the Lady, the Black Company stands against the rebels of the White Rose. They are tough men, proud of honoring their contracts. The Lady is evil, but so, too, are those who falsely profess to follow the White Rose, reincarnation of a centuries-dead heroine. Yet now some of the Company have discovered that the mute girl they rescued and...more

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Published April 15th 1990 by Tor Books (first published 1984)

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Jun 29, 2011 Carol rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: action, fantasy, male-lead

Something about Cook--he just has a way of weaving a story that keeps me interested, even when I'm not altogether enjoying it. It can be difficult to read about desperate innkeepers, snitches needing to make a buck and a mercenary company, because none of the protagonists truly seem likeable. Cook builds both action and suspense, however, and I can't help but keep going to see how it turns out. Easier to follow than it's predecessor, it does still have parts that are hard to follow, especially w...more

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Jul 11, 2008 Jake rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, series

I first heard about the Black Company novels in a thread on www.rpg.net. The premise sounded interesting, and when I saw that it was at least in part used as source material for Exalted, I figured I’d check it out.

The Chronicles of the Black Company (of which Shadows Linger is the second novel) is a series of fantasy novels that follows the activities of a mercenary group called…the Black Company. I guess that was obvious, huh? What’s not so obvious is how the story line goes.

Imagine reading the ...more I first heard about the Black Company novels in a thread on www.rpg.net. The premise sounded interesting, and when I saw that it was at least in part used as source material for Exalted, I figured I’d check it out.

The Chronicles of the Black Company (of which Shadows Linger is the second novel) is a series of fantasy novels that follows the activities of a mercenary group called…the Black Company. I guess that was obvious, huh? What’s not so obvious is how the story line goes.

Imagine reading the Lord of the Rings from the perspective of one of Sauron’s orcs, or a guardsman of Gondor, and you’ll start to get an idea of what the Black Company novels are like. The world of the novels is a high-fantasy world, with powerful sorcerers and epic battles, and the Black Company…are a bunch of really good mercenaries who get hired by those people. This isn’t to say that they’re completely weak or incompetent…on the contrary, they manage to occasionally take down one of the big bads of the setting…with a lot of hard work, and some SERIOUS planning. But they aren’t the sort of people who you’d normally think of as being the main characters of a fantasy series. Which is, of course, what makes it so interesting.

Shadows Linger actually follows two storylines. The first is told by Croaker, the chronicler of the Black Company, and primary narrator of the novels. The second story is told in third person. The two, not surprisingly, come together by the end.

One of the things I like about this series is that, much like REH, Cook doesn’t spend a whole lot of time on Tolkein-esque world-building. Shadows Linger takes place mostly in the city of Juniper, which is apparently, very far to the north of the Empire that the Company works for. How far north? VERY. How far is VERY? Far enough to make it a plot point. That’s all you’re told, and really, it’s all you need to know.

Don’t get me wrong…I LOVE Tolkein. He is, without question, my all-time favorite fantasy author. If I was going to take a trip and could only take one book with me, I’d get one of those big one-volume editions of LoTR, and amuse myself for years.

But…too many fantasy authors try to emulate Tolkein’s obsessive level of world-building, and it’s not only unnecessary, but most of the time, it’s not that good. Cook does a wonderful job of giving the reader just enough information to know what’s going on, without getting bogged down in random detail. Many writers could learn from this…I know I’m trying to.

Cook writes his characters well. They’re fun, engaging, and very capable of surprising you at times. It’s particularly interesting watching the various members of the Company struggle with their own peculiar brand of honor (which generally extends to people inside the Company, but not outside of it). There’s enough characters that sometimes one or two get lost in the background, but most of the stand out well, and are quite memorable.(less)

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Aug 02, 2011 Alexandre added it · review of another edition

Dans ce second tome c'est encore Toubib qui nous relate les aventures de la compagnie noire. Ce deuxième opus est encore plus sombre et plus captivant que le premier. L’ambiance est glauque à souhait mais jamais gratuitement, la trame de l’histoire en soit ainsi que l’univers et les personnages y sont parfaitement conséquent.

L'histoire est solide, les personnages les «gentils» pas très gentils et des «méchants» parfois attachant, les décors lugubres, froids et angoissants: tout ce qu'on attend d...more

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Jan 10, 2013 Jessica Clare added it

The second installment of the Black Company series sees its namesake military troop camped out in one city for the span of the story, which is departure from the first, which sees them galavanting all around the world. (And by galavanting, I mean making long, grueling marches.) Since they're hunkered down in one spot for a while, we get a chance to see more of the way people live their lives in Cook's world, and get to know side characters a little more. While the last novel was told entirely fr...more

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Jan 21, 2012 Joel Puga added it

Este é o segundo livro sobre a Companhia Negra de Glen Cook e, atrevo-me a dizer, o meu favorito até ao momento. Aqui encontramos todos os elementos que fizeram com que o primeiro livro se destacasse da restante oferta do género (uma moralidade bastante cinzenta, e uma prosa e forma de contar a história que se assemelha mais aos romances passados na guerra do Vietnam do que a um de fantasia), mas achei a história ainda mais apelativa que a do primeiro. Depois da vitória da Lady no primeiro livro...more

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May 31, 2011 Jason rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Fantasy fans, military fans, players of Myth

Recommended to Jason by: Bungie?

I learned about The Black Company from the Myth video games (that borrow heavily from the books), and picked up the initial trilogy (The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose) in a single volume a few years ago. I liked The Black Company, but it had some flaws (my rating was 2.3). I thought it was time to get back into the story for a while.

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Eight years after the Black Company’s campaigns from the first book, the mercenaries are still employed by the Lady, an evil dictator se...more

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Mar 07, 2011 Eric Moreno rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Mar 18, 2010 Daniel Andres rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

I was very much gripped by the account that unfolded in The Black Company, a brutal war campaign, waged by an ancient evil against a determined rebel force. The unsettlingly dark world and its fascinating denizens inspired my imagination. Shadows Linger takes a dramatically different turn, the black company is no longer on the war path, the rebel army remains on the run following there defeat. The Company finds themselves investigating an odd city on the empires frozen northern reaches. It is a...more I was very much gripped by the account that unfolded in The Black Company, a brutal war campaign, waged by an ancient evil against a determined rebel force. The unsettlingly dark world and its fascinating denizens inspired my imagination. Shadows Linger takes a dramatically different turn, the black company is no longer on the war path, the rebel army remains on the run following there defeat. The Company finds themselves investigating an odd city on the empires frozen northern reaches. It is a more intimate tale, one not of war and battle but of mysteries and morality. The great tales of warfare that was its predecessor is almost nowhere to be found, and this sequel suffers for it.

The Lady has won her empire, with the help of her great wizards and the mighty Black Company the rebels were humiliated and forced on the run. Still her greatest fear remains; the only force for evil more powerful than her slumbers; seeking vengeance for her betrayal in ages past.

In the northern town of Juniper a sleeping giant is rousing, a black castle rises from the dirt, feeding on corpses, growing in strength by the day. The Black Company find themselves in unfamiliar territory, sent to investigate the town and the growing formation.

Told in parallel to the company’s investigation and occupation of the city, is one of a local innkeeper. Finding himself in constant dept and with little hope to survive, he turns to a strange traveler. The newcomer leads him down a path of dark morality, risking his life and his soul for riches. The stranger has his own motives, he travels with the only light left in the world, the worlds only hope of peace is under his protection, and he will let no morals stand in his way.

The innkeeper’s story is an interesting read, the depths to with he sinks, trading every shred of dignity and goodness in him. He is a weak soul and not a likable character to say the least, his tale is bleak, I found myself almost pitying the poor man. In his desperation he makes a deal with the devil, these desperate actions bring about great tragedy for himself and the city.

The novel spends a great deal of time and effort investigating the strange city of Juniper. It is suitability dark and can be interesting at times, but it does not share the thrill of the first books epic battle sequences and harrowing journeys. The men of the company themselves grumble for there new occupation, they are at home on the battlefield and are not comfortable with subterfuge. They begin to question there own lot in life, serving an evil masters every twisted desire, the mercenaries that pride themselves on impartiality begin to question there own principles, they dream of serving a cause worth fighting for.
The tale does finally come in concert in the end, the twisting tale of the innkeeper, the black company’s lingering animosity towards there masters, and they all weave together in great fashion. The last quarter of the book is a fine return to the flavor of the original; this dark world still holds my imagination after all. The company is shaken and there future remains to fate, the light of the world still flickers faintly in the endless blackness.

As the story nears it conclusion, there is a great revisit to warfare, a spectacular siege of the black castle itself. Bringing back memories of the first books epic scale and mesmerizing skirmishes. The fight for the evil structure is suitability over the top, with much of the same colourful sorcery, and gory brawls that gripped my imagination.

Shadows Linger was on the whole a disappointment, the saga of a strange northern city was interesting but ultimately did not hold my attention, its characters were generally unlikable, there actions sickening and desperate. The narrative fumbles around a bit, and although it ultimately wraps up with a great final act, it was not nearly as captivating as the first Chronicle of the Black Company. I am eager to continue the tale in the third book; I can only hope it will be more of a return to the brutality and ambitious scale of the first.
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Feb 14, 2013 Sargeatm rated it 5 of 5 stars

Der zweite Band über die Black Company spielt einige Jahre später. Die Erzählweise spaltet sich auf in unseren gewohnten Ich-Erzähler Croaker und die Perspektive der dritten Person. Mit letzterer wird ein grosser Teil der Handlung erzählt, die im weit nördlich gelegenen Ort Juniper spielt. Der Fokus liegt hierbei auf dem verschlagenen Gastwirt Marron Shed und seinen Gästen: Raven und Darling. Was sich hier entfaltet, hat mich wieder total begeistert. Da ist einerseits die Entwicklung Sheds zu se...more

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Mar 23, 2010 Greg rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: sf-fantasy-and-other-dorky-shit

Forget the book for a minute and look at this cover!!

I think I have a rough idea what is going on in this picture, but it nothing like the book. I don't know if I would ever read a book with this cover, fortunately the book is in a collection (or omnibus (what a dumb word)) with two other novels. And the collection cover is pretty bad ass, or at least what I would picture members of the black company to look like (I'm not so sure about the chick, she sort of looks like descriptions of The Lady, but with the pure glowing and blondness of The White Rose, but The White Rose isn't described as looking like that, oh well. Nerd time over talking about what female characters in a fantasy series look like).

Now the book.

I wish I had written a review of the first novel in the series. I meant to, but then I didn't know what to say. I liked the idea but something in the execution kind of faltered, like there was too much being done, but also not enough at the same time. Like it needed to be bigger in spots, but leaned down at other times.

In this book though Cook seems to have settled into getting a fairly good rhythm going for the book's development and pacing.

Never being much of a fantasy fan I find this book to be a lot of fun, and I think it is because it eschews much of the black and white elements that I normally think of when I think fantasy. There is no good and evil really in this book, well there is actually, but it's sort of muddled into two definite shades of gray, one significantly darker than the other. But as opposed to say a Narnia or LOTR story there is a definite mixing of morality going on here that isn't just I'm pure good and you are pure evil, lets rumble... with magic shit and names that will piss off Greg (I once played a MUD for like three weeks straight, see Alfonso I did have gamer tendencies at one point, and then I went home for christmas vacation, and when I got back to school and tried to log onto the the MUD again I found out my character had been deleted because the name had been to 'normal' and not in the spirit of the Gamer World... that was my one foray into playing a MUD).

If I was a fantasy reader I think I might not like this book. Fantasy implies that there is something beyond one's own life going on, a level of wish fulfillment or something like that happening in the book on the readers part. I'm guessing most of us would like to be the poor little orphan who is secretly a king or scion of this or that or AKA the hero of the story we call our individual lives. We'd all like to think that we will eventually be not just worthy of life, but really fucking important and that our lives aren't just some day to day banal chore, but fucking EPIC with all the shit one thinks something EPIC should have in it, including the flopping around dying gold-fish, if you are like me and relate anything you possibly can about your life to Faith No More.

Most of us don't want to see ourselves as part of a dirty, individually unexceptional group of losers who lug shit around really good and are really good fighters, but really only because they care so little about anything that they will do the most despicable and underhanded things to win. The characters here are too much like just slightly cooler version of ourselves, ourselves but with a sword who could kill someone in their sleep if we had to (as opposed to ourselves without swords, but who knew a kid freshman year of college who stuck his penis in a sleeping girls mouth and then jerked off on her, which now that I'm thinking of it I think is so much worse than killing someone in their sleep....)

Once again I have lost myself in the review. But I hope that I have created a review that Alfonso will find enjoyable.

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Aug 29, 2012 Nate rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a nice surprise. When I started this one, I expected more military/fantasy-type stuff along the lines of the first novel, but instead it was more of a crime/urban thriller, but set in a fantasy world. The action is centered more around the cat-and-mouse game the protagonists are playing with the forces that are seeking to ruin them, and less around scenes of open combat and strategic movement. Cook does this particularly well; I never knew what lay around the next corner, and he moves a...more

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Oct 20, 2011 Angirasa Acharya rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, glen-cook

This is the second novel in the series. Barely had I put the first one down than I picked this one up. This one picks up where the first book in the series left off. Just as the first book, Shadows Linger hooks you before the first chapter takes off (and the first chapter is only half a page long!) :)

Took a day and a half to ruffle the pages through to the last and I'm going to dig into the third book as soon as I'm done with this little review thingy.

The style this novel is written in is very d...more

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Dec 08, 2010 Troy G rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed

Shadows Linger is slightly more sure-footed than the first novel in the series. In Shadows Linger, the company finally settles down in one place for a while. Some of their martial mastery, specifically besieging a fortress is demonstrated. So to is their command of exerting power over a fairly lawless city.

Several new characters are added to the cast. I enjoyed the additions for the most part. It was nice to get a handle on occupants of the world that aren't directly related to the company.

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Aug 30, 2009 Zachary rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Military-Fantasy Fans, Seekers of grittier/darker fantasy

This book was definitely better than The Black Company. I felt that Glen Cook really knew what he wanted to do with this book while the previous installment seemed a little unsure and underdeveloped. I was very pleased with the increased character development and I felt like I have gained a stronger grasp of the world as opposed to when I read The Black Company.

I have become strongly attached to the books narrator, Croaker. He has grown dramatically since his endeavors in The Black Company and...more

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Jun 19, 2012 jD rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2_audio-book, 2012, fantasy_adventure_worldbuilding, fantasy_myths

I enjoyed this one much better than the first one because it combined multiple perspectives. I am also used to the audio book narrator's delivery style. Like I said of the previous book, the magic of the Black Company is the characters. The cast is large but Mr. Cook manages to give each character enough range that they feel real. I thought the prose was better in this installment, much more snap. I also appreciated that Mr. Cook bothered to explain more of the background of The Fallen and the m...more

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Jul 22, 2012 Robin Wiley rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, love-it-more-than-puppies

Book 2 was even better!

I'm sorry I'm decades late in finding this series. But it definately goes up there with Martin, Lynch, Abercrombie and Keyes. All of my favorite things - action, sarcasm, creatures, magic and cool places. It's my own personal reading list of Yay!

This has a creepy black castle with creatures who pay good money for dead bodies (and better money for live ones - Yikes!)

If The Lady is like Sauroman, her husband, the Dominator is like Sauron. He's REALLY pissed she woke up and l...more

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Aug 03, 2012 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this book more than I did the first.

In my previous review I explained the first person perspective and how I am not a huge fan. This book still allows Croaker to observe, but it also zooms in on other people and does this in the 3rd person perspective, which I enjoyed.

There is also more of a sense of urgency in the second book. In the first book, I never felt truly excited, or on the edge of my seat. This book didn't have this down completely either, but it got closer. The sens of so...more

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Jan 05, 2011 Brian rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Series: 11/27/2005 5/10

The Black Company series' premise was very interesting - a gritty dark take on the ins and outs of a military company in a fantasy world. It didn't really live up to expectations though. I would've preferred to see more of the company rather than the focus on one individual. The series definitely has it's ups and downs. Some books are decent and others are pretty bad - it seemed to get worse as it went on. The plotting was pretty poor and the characters were one-dimensiona...more

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Jul 08, 2012 Tim Lepczyk rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company , the three novel tome which contains The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and the White Rosewere not created following the classic fantasy formula. Instead, Cook has taken the perspective of a troop of mercenaries known as the Black Company and ostensibly recognized by readers as "the bad guys" and proceeds to dismantle the common theme of a prophetic orphaned child embraced by a rebellion who overthrows an evil empire. While not as morally complex as G...more

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Jan 19, 2012 Nathan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Mercenary company in the service of the Dark Lady (TM) start to get a little concerned about who and what they're fighting for. I liked this one quite a bit more than I did the first in the series. The huge canvas from the previous novel is shrunk considerably here, enabling a bit more atmosphere to come through. And it's a good atmosphere - quite dark and foreboding, almost more like a horror novel than a fantasy for most of its length. And Cook is not afraid to bump characters off - a good sig...more

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May 13, 2012 Mel rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 20th-century-fiction, fantasy

At first I enjoyed the second black company book a little less. There was much less about the Lady, less with the taken. Instead there was a very spooky castle being fed with corpses. There was a very complex coward who started off annoying but really grew on you after awhile. He took up almost half the narrative and went through a whole lot of character growth and development, not all of which was pleasant. Compared with the first book the company did very little fighting for most of the book,...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Nikki rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

More gritty fantasy, like the first book. It's interesting to note that Steven Erikson has praised these books, because it does remind me of Erikson's work -- except, I don't know I like Erikson's more, from what I've read so far.

With the world established, the action has more time to roll, and plenty happens in this book. It's easier to follow now you know the names and concepts, and you know what to expect. Maybe I've read a few too many books published since this one was, because other people...more

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May 11, 2011 robyn rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: quest, magic

I read this because a friend lent me the first book in this series, The Black Company, and I kinda liked it. Nowhere near as much as I like Cook's Garrett Files, but enough to read on. This one is even more fragmented in style, and less easy for me to get into, because the narrative was split in two, devoted to two converging sets of characters/plots. And I didn't much care about half of it.

I suppose it's because this is a war-story, really, and judging by war-movies I've seen you have to expect...more

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Jan 05, 2010 Art rated it 4 of 5 stars

Second installment of the Black Company series, and interestingly enough, NOT your typical Glen Cook fare. There's slightly less monumental bloodshed, slightly more actual human beings with believable lives, and a most macabre (and awesome) central theme that had me all excited and a little weirded out. Cook also manages to make the final twist both unexpected and logical, in that you get a very clear premonition of what's going to happen, but then forget about it when other events get in the wa...more

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Nov 24, 2011 Tim rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Black Company is a fine fantasy novel, dealing with a mercenary company, their ruthless efficiency, and the ambiguity of evil. Cook has created a world where the line between good and evil runs through every human heart and the action of the first novel was grand in scope. The characters are likable, the world intense, and the action ongoing. The second novel places the same characters in an urban fantasy setting with a more limited scope and a less whole feel. The White Rose, the third nov...more

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Aug 08, 2012 Jacob rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shadows Linger has 2 main perspectives that alternate chapters. One of them is Croaker who is the main character from the first book and the other is a new guy, Shed. Shed is mostly a pointless character. He owns a bar in the slums of a town and he's never likable and you never really care about him. I'm not sure why Cook introduced this guy rather than just making it from Raven's perspective (whom you only interact with in Shed chapters) which would have been a much more interesting point of vi...more

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Feb 04, 2009 Shari Mulluane rated it 4 of 5 stars

Croaker continues to add to the Annals of the Black Company in this second book of the first trilogy. My hunch was right. The Black company will be forced to decide if keeping its oaths to the Lady is a good idea; it was what forces them to choose that I was surprised by. (No, I am not telling!) As I think back on what I read in those few 300+ pages, I stand amazed. So much happens, so many things change, the action is so relentless, only I never noticed! It all flowed along that perfectly.

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Apr 25, 2013 Bobbi Jo rated it 4 of 5 stars

The story progresses. I enjoyed this one quite a bit and it might be able to stand alone but I think the reader's enjoyment would suffer for it. The case is the same with any of these books but I consider them more like chapters so it's ok. It's a grand and epic tale broken down into more manageable pieces.
Events occur quickly and overall the book is fast paced. Also, the writing is Cook at his best with many things inferred but not handed to the reader.
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May 07, 2011 Court Ellyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

I liked Shadows Linger even better than the first book in the Chronicles of the Black Company. I may have said that Book 1 lost my interest a bit near the middle, but Book 2 did not. Perhaps I was into the swing of things by this point; perhaps I had really learned to appreciate the characters, the situation, Cook's writing style. Whatever the reason, Shadows Linger grabbed onto me more tightly, onto both my imagination and my heartstrings.

My only complaint is a bit of a spoiler. Here goes ...

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Mar 02, 2012 K.V. Johansen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: childhood-favourites

My sister bought me this book before I went to Germany as part of an exchange program. I think it was the only English book I had with me; mostly I was reading Asimov, Gift vom Mars und Auf dem Monden des Jupiters, and of course Der Kleine Hobbit. Shadows Linger was book two of The Black Company, so when I got back I had to get one and three right away. (And eventually, all the rest.) I like his recent Instrumentalities of the Night series even better, but The Black Company books were the first...more

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