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The Chronicles of the Black Company #1-9
Annals of the Black Company
In this action-packed fantasy series, darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten mercenaries of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must. They bury their doubts with their dead.
More than a million books in this timeless epic fantasy in print!
The Annals of the Black Company discounted ebundle includes: The Black Company, Shadows Linger, The White Rose, Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, The Silver Spike, Bleak Seasons, She Is The Darkness, Water Sleeps, Soldiers Live
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More than a million books in this timeless epic fantasy in print!
The Annals of the Black Company discounted ebundle includes: The Black Company, Shadows Linger, The White Rose, Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, The Silver Spike, Bleak Seasons, She Is The Darkness, Water Sleeps, Soldiers Live
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
2832 pages, ebook
Published August 14, 2018
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About the author
Glen Cook
146 books3,751 followersGlen Cook was born in New York City, lived in southern Indiana as a small child, then grew up in Northern California. After high school he served in the U.S. Navy and attended the University of Missouri. He worked for General Motors for 33 years, retiring some years ago. He started writing short stories in 7th grade, had several published in a high school literary magazine. He began writing with malicious intent to publish in 1968, eventually producing 51 books and a number of short fiction pieces.
He met his wife of 43 years while attending the Clarion Writer's Workshop in 1970. He has three sons (army officer, architect, orchestral musician) and numerous grandchildren, all of whom but one are female. He is best known for his Black Company series, which has appeared in 20+ languages worldwide. His other series include Dread Empire and and the Garrett, P.I. series. His latest work is Working God’s Mischief, fourth in the Instrumentalities of the Night series.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/glencook
He met his wife of 43 years while attending the Clarion Writer's Workshop in 1970. He has three sons (army officer, architect, orchestral musician) and numerous grandchildren, all of whom but one are female. He is best known for his Black Company series, which has appeared in 20+ languages worldwide. His other series include Dread Empire and and the Garrett, P.I. series. His latest work is Working God’s Mischief, fourth in the Instrumentalities of the Night series.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/glencook
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February 9, 2020
This whole series is just amazing! Thought it's for readers that like fantasy and medieval stuff like swords magic and wizardry. the only thing is it starts kind of slow but any picks up and that's how all of these books are they start slow and then they pick up I honestly recommend it for any big nerds that like fantasy hands down one of my favorite series now!
October 16, 2024
This series is a work of art. A true masterpiece of the genre. It touches on something truly dark that resides in the human spirit and wrenches apart a fissure in one's soul as you follow the Company through their trials.
March 16, 2026
Books of the North. 7/10 - Good Books (1st, 2nd, 3rd 7/10, 4th 6/10). Liked Croaker, One Eye, Goblin, Raven. I liked the back story of Dominator, Lady and the Taken. I liked the battle of the tower it was well set up and executed. The start where Tom-Tom died was good. Also Soulcatcher was an interesting character and finding out how she was Lady's sister. The development of Marron Shed character is great going from peaceful to murderer. The Lady going undercover and early romance with Croaker was good to see. Smeds and Old Man Fish were cool characters and I liked how they came out on top of the Black Company. Bomaz and his dragon fight were cool. Darling Love triangle plot was stupid, Croaker and Lady love plot became stupid, why no one attacked Lady after Dominator was stupid, Limper coming back again and again was stupid, Raven final death was also stupid. The endings to the books were too fast, did not land well.
Books of the South. 6/10 - Decent Books (1st 5/10, 2nd 7/10). I nearly DNF after the first book here but second brought it back would rate 5 and 7. I liked that the Black Company lost the siege battle. I liked the history hinted at with the black company and building up with Kira and the shadow stuff with Longshadow. Narayan Singh/ decievers were cool and him stealing Lady's child was interesting. Shadowmasters and also howler/ shapeshifter coming back is stupid, no consequences of death. Book 1 - Lady romance and the way she was treated was disappointing (makes her seem inept - but book two from her point of view was a bit better). Nothing about Croakers struggles with leadership which was disappointing.
The Books of Giltering Stone. 7/10 - Good Books (1st - 8/10, 2nd 7/10, 3rd 7/10, 4th 7/10). [Book 1 + 2] Murgen - I liked the mystery of what is happening with him, seeing the seige through his eyes was interesting, liked him as a character. Mogaba descent into madness was great. Nyueng Bao - were interesting, Uncle Doj and his sword skills are really cool, Sarie can't believe they killed her! Betrayals all unexpected - Blade (betrayed longshadow), Soulcatcher (swan), Sarie is alive (Uncle Doj and Old Woman betrayals). 1st book worked well as a set up other books. 2nd book was good to see them lose at the end and be defeated. Smoke and Murgen dreams became over used and a crutch. Didn't like how we saw so little of overarching schemes, the 2nd book summed it up itself "focussed too much on Murgen and not speaking to other people" [Book 3] I liked Sleepy as a character. Goblin tricking soulcatcher and also Kina sacrifice. Goblin and One Eye getting older and weaker was interesting. Lore is really good, the plain, the 16 different gates, battles of old gods, Kina, Nyueng Bao. The fort on the plain was a cool sequence with getting people out of sleeping and Kina. Dreamwalking/ Murgen is too big a crutch and the whole story is centred on this rather than being smart. A lot more could have been made of the other worlds stuff i.e. books could be refocussed on this. [Book 4] Killing everyone is not a good ending. Felt like lots of missed opportunities with the different gates and worlds. Kina did not get summoned. No big fight. Was not the great ending everyone said it was.
Books of the South. 6/10 - Decent Books (1st 5/10, 2nd 7/10). I nearly DNF after the first book here but second brought it back would rate 5 and 7. I liked that the Black Company lost the siege battle. I liked the history hinted at with the black company and building up with Kira and the shadow stuff with Longshadow. Narayan Singh/ decievers were cool and him stealing Lady's child was interesting. Shadowmasters and also howler/ shapeshifter coming back is stupid, no consequences of death. Book 1 - Lady romance and the way she was treated was disappointing (makes her seem inept - but book two from her point of view was a bit better). Nothing about Croakers struggles with leadership which was disappointing.
The Books of Giltering Stone. 7/10 - Good Books (1st - 8/10, 2nd 7/10, 3rd 7/10, 4th 7/10). [Book 1 + 2] Murgen - I liked the mystery of what is happening with him, seeing the seige through his eyes was interesting, liked him as a character. Mogaba descent into madness was great. Nyueng Bao - were interesting, Uncle Doj and his sword skills are really cool, Sarie can't believe they killed her! Betrayals all unexpected - Blade (betrayed longshadow), Soulcatcher (swan), Sarie is alive (Uncle Doj and Old Woman betrayals). 1st book worked well as a set up other books. 2nd book was good to see them lose at the end and be defeated. Smoke and Murgen dreams became over used and a crutch. Didn't like how we saw so little of overarching schemes, the 2nd book summed it up itself "focussed too much on Murgen and not speaking to other people" [Book 3] I liked Sleepy as a character. Goblin tricking soulcatcher and also Kina sacrifice. Goblin and One Eye getting older and weaker was interesting. Lore is really good, the plain, the 16 different gates, battles of old gods, Kina, Nyueng Bao. The fort on the plain was a cool sequence with getting people out of sleeping and Kina. Dreamwalking/ Murgen is too big a crutch and the whole story is centred on this rather than being smart. A lot more could have been made of the other worlds stuff i.e. books could be refocussed on this. [Book 4] Killing everyone is not a good ending. Felt like lots of missed opportunities with the different gates and worlds. Kina did not get summoned. No big fight. Was not the great ending everyone said it was.
July 14, 2020
A Long Road
Very long, and mostly very good, interesting perspective about good and evil and about doing the right thing. Shifting storyteller along the various generations is an interesting concept
Very long, and mostly very good, interesting perspective about good and evil and about doing the right thing. Shifting storyteller along the various generations is an interesting concept
January 4, 2020
One of the best, different and addictive
December 3, 2020
One of those series I heard about for years thanks to GURPS but never could get started in.
If you're sick to death of YA tropes and Campbell's Hero's Journey this series is worth a gander.
If you're sick to death of YA tropes and Campbell's Hero's Journey this series is worth a gander.
December 19, 2025
Nostalgia read that did not hold up.
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