I found the Shadows Linger installment in The Black Company series much easier to follow. Now there may be a path to the light, even for such as they – if they can survive it. Yet now some of the Company has discovered that the mute girl they rescued and sheltered is truly the White Rose reborn. The Lady is evil, but so, too, are those who falsely profess to follow the White Rose, reincarnation of a centuries-dead heroine. They are tough men, proud of honoring their contracts. Mercenary soldiers in the service of the Lady, the Black Company stand against the rebels of the White Rose.
There is rumor that Cook has two more installments in the works, titled: “A Pitiless Rain” and “A Port of Shadows” due out (tentatively) in 2015. The main chronology spans nine novels, which can be grouped into three sections: The Books of the North recount the Company’s dealings with the Empire of Lady the Books of the South follow the Company on its journey back to its beginnings in Khatovar Glittering Stone sees the Company achieve victory over its employer’s enemies, and move on to its destiny.Īdditionally, there is one spin-off novel, The Silver Spike, which follows events concerning former members of the Company and one of its adversaries. Cook mixes fantasy with military fiction in gritty, down-to-earth portrayals of the Company’s chief personalities and its struggles. The series follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, last of the Free Companies of Khatovar, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history. I borrowed a series synopsis from The Black Company page on Wikipedia: The Black Company series of fantasy novels currently includes 10 books. I loved and hated the first installment but the story was intriguing enough that I decided to read the next book in the series.
It’s unlike other fantasy book series I have read and I’m still sorting out how I feel about it. This series is a unique challenge for me. Today, I’m tackling the second, Shadows Linger. In a previous post, I reviewed the first book of the series, The Black Company. Alchemical Words reviews Shadows Linger by author Glen Cook Shadows Linger by Glen Cook
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