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    <body><![CDATA[Stand-alone novel of sorts, set in the North of the Black Company series after the first trilogy ends.  Multiple focus characters and no Croaker.  This book finishes the stories of the members who departed the Company and stayed behind.  Forget Han Solo--Old Man Fish is the real heroic scoundrel, li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49394811">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this before reading the rest of the series and enjoyed it quite a bit.  No need to read this one last in the series (in fact, I liked it better than the first and second books).<br/><br/>It is refreshingly different than the typical fantasy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book serves as an interesting semi-standalone capstone to the first three books.<br/><br/>I say &quot;semi-standalone&quot; because while a lot of the action is started and finished in the book, it also ties up some loose ends from the first three books. So, it's enjoyable on it's own, but is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12776735">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Glen Cook usually has a more interesting tale to tell.  This one never got going.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Awsome again, finished this in 9-10 hours. next!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am enraptured by this series.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A great addition to the series. Makes tracking these down at the library or used book stores totally worth the effort.]]></body>
    
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