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  <title><![CDATA[Dreams of Steel (The Chronicle of the Black Company, Books of the South, Book Two)]]></title>
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  <default_description>Croaker has fallen and, following the Company's disastrous defeat at Dejagore, Lady is one of the few survivors--determined to avenge the Company and herself against the Shadowmasters, no matter what the cost.But in assembling a new fighting force from the dregs and rabble of Taglios, she finds herself offered help by a mysterious, ancient cult of murder--competent, reliable, and apparently committed to her goals.Meanwhile, far away, Shadowmasters conspire against one another and the world, weaving dark spells that reach into the heart of Taglios. And in a hidden grove, a familiar figure slowly awakens to find himself the captive of an animated, headless corpse.Mercilessly cutting through Taglian intrigues, Lady appears to be growing stronger every day. All that disturbs her are the dreams which afflict her by night--dreams of carnage, of destruction, of universal death, unceasing....</default_description>
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  <original_publication_day type="integer">15</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">4</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1990</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Dreams of Steel (The Chronicle of the Black Company, Books of the South, Book Two)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glen Cook]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Jan 17 13:37:24 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 17 13:37:31 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this book Lady, once The Lady, takes up the role of narrator. I liked this book a lot... It introduces a lot of new evils and plots, none the least of which is the carrion-goddess Kina and her Strangler followers. (Think Kali and the Thugee and you're not far off. The South has a very East Indian...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12776563">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sun Mar 15 19:22:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 15 19:25:12 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Shift of POV character for this story, plus a focus on a cult which will feature in the following four books.  Cook is putting pieces into place for much of this story, with the pay-off a long (and confusing) way away.  Reads much better as part of the entire series.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lady kicks butt  &lt;3<br/><br/>Croakers a daddy!!!]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>The cover art notwithstanding...I learned that change can be a really, really good thing! Dreams of Steel follows the path of Lady as she reassembles the tattered and broken remnants of the Black Company. Action and suspense are woven together to create a truly compelling read. <br/><br/>As ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31870306">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[reminded me a lot of the thugee cult...almost a little too much, actually...but overall an enjoyable addition to the black company series...also the last one i'll be able to read, since the glittering stone books seem to be out of print and scarce on the used book sites...ah well]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A black company book that takes place between the original series and the glittering stone.]]></body>
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