Questions About Port of Shadows (The Chronicles of the Black Company, #1.5)

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Jens Raab Well, I guess you can now delete our question. :-D

... or copy&paste it over at A Pitiless Rain! :p…moreWell, I guess you can now delete our question. :-D

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Why does an unreleased title have so many "reviews"?

Clark Early copies (galley proofs) circulate well in advance of publication. With a popular series, a new book is very interesting to the type of readers wh…moreEarly copies (galley proofs) circulate well in advance of publication. With a popular series, a new book is very interesting to the type of readers who write reviews.(less)

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When does this take place in the overall series?

Gauterg Between the Black Company and Shadows Linger

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I'm almost done with the book and I'm confused about a MAJOR thing. Is this an alternate history?

George Clearly not, as you eventually learned from the Postscript. It's a forgotten history, elements of which are argued about by in-universe "scholars", in…moreClearly not, as you eventually learned from the Postscript. It's a forgotten history, elements of which are argued about by in-universe "scholars", involving a Company-wide memory wipe not affecting the townsfolk.(less)

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It has been a VERY long time since i read the Black Company books, and loved them. Is any part of this strangely foreshadowing that Croaker is the Port of Shadows? Time is all wobbly in this universe anyway.

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