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The Chronicles of the Black Company Series

11 primary works • 24 total works
Also known as:
* Les Annales de la Compagnie Noire (see for French numbering)
* Czarna kompania (Polish)
* La Compañía Negra (Spanish)
* As Crônicas da Companhia Negra (Portuguese)
* Musta komppania (Finnish)
* Kroniky Černé legie (Czech)
* Хрониките на Черният отряд (Bulgarian)
* Letopisi Crne čete (Serbian)
* Cronicile Companiei Negre (Romanian)
* Die Schw…

Book 1

The Black Company
by
3.93 · 54433 Ratings · 2988 Reviews · published 1984 · 61 editions
Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in …

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    Book 1.2

    Tides Elba
    by
    3.90     · 40 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 1 edition

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    Book 1.3 - Bone Candy

    Shattered Shields
    by
    3.63     · 410 Ratings · 81 Reviews · published 2014 · 5 editions
    Swords and Shields. Faith and Magic.

    Grab yours and…

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    Book 1.5

    Port of Shadows
    by
    3.85     · 2323 Ratings · 263 Reviews · published 2018 · 11 editions
    The father of Grimdark returns…

    The soldiers of the…

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    Book 2

    Shadows Linger
    by
    4.18     · 21380 Ratings · 880 Reviews · published 1984 · 51 editions
    Nadie abandona la Compañía, excepto si es con los …

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    Book 2.2

    Shaggy Dog Bridge: A Black Company Story
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    3.97     · 33 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 1 edition

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    Book 2.3 - Bone Eaters

    Operation Arcana
    by
    3.58     · 350 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 2015 · 8 editions
    In the realms of fantasy, the battlefield is where…

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    Book 3

    The White Rose
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    4.20     · 21378 Ratings · 750 Reviews · published 1985 · 37 editions
    She is the last hope of good in the war against th…

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    Book 3.5

    The Silver Spike
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    3.96     · 9422 Ratings · 356 Reviews · published 1989 · 17 editions
    ...embedded in the trunk of the scion of the godtr…

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    Book 4

    Shadow Games
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    4.11     · 13035 Ratings · 380 Reviews · published 1989 · 21 editions
    After the devastating battle at the Tower of Charm…

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    Book 5

    Dreams of Steel
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    4.11     · 11182 Ratings · 317 Reviews · published 1990 · 27 editions
    Croaker has fallen and, following the Company's di…

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    Book 6

    Bleak Seasons
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    3.93     · 9977 Ratings · 317 Reviews · published 1996 · 20 editions
    "Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that thes…

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    Book 7

    She is the Darkness
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    4.10     · 9180 Ratings · 235 Reviews · published 1997 · 18 editions
    The wind whines and howls with bitter breath. Ligh…

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    Book 8

    Water Sleeps
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    4.10     · 8230 Ratings · 224 Reviews · published 1999 · 21 editions
    Regrouping in Taglios, the surviving members of th…

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    Book 9

    Soldiers Live
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    4.27     · 8391 Ratings · 299 Reviews · published 2000 · 21 editions
    When sorcerers and demigods go to war, those wars …

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    Book 10

    Lies Weeping
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    4.26     · 229 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2025 · 3 editions
    From the godfather of Grimdark himself, LIES WEEPI…

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    Book 11

    They Cry
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 Reviews · expected publication 2026 · 1 edition
    From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark himself,…

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    Book 1,2,3

    Chronicles of the Black Company
    by
    4.24     · 26831 Ratings · 926 Reviews · published 1986 · 16 editions
    Darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten men…

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    Book 3.5-5

    The Books of the South
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    4.28     · 12243 Ratings · 238 Reviews · published 2002 · 22 editions
    Marching south after the ghastly battle at the Tow…

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    Book 6-7

    The Return of the Black Company
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    4.30     · 6856 Ratings · 136 Reviews · published 1997 · 18 editions
    "Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that thes…

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    Book 8-9

    The Many Deaths of the Black Company
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    4.35     · 7249 Ratings · 135 Reviews · published 2009 · 20 editions
    In Water Sleeps, the surviving members of the Comp…

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    Book 1-9

    Annals of the Black Company
    by
    4.56     · 218 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 6 editions
    In this action-packed fantasy series, darkness war…

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    Book 2-3

    Chronicles of the Black Company: Shadows Linger, The White Rose
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · 1 edition

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    Book 3.5-9

    The Black Company Collection: The Books of the South; The Return of the Black Company; The Many Deaths of the Black Company
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    4.68     · 50 Ratings · 1 edition
    1 The Books of the South (Shadow Games, Dreams of …

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