![]() ![]() Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall. Agent: Russell Galen, Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary. A reissue of one of the greatest dark fantasy epics of our age, Glen Cooks The Black Company. With no lasting impact on the Company or their over-arching story, this makes for a pleasant diversion for fans of the series. Cook’s convoluted style is in full flower, and between the forgetting and the fact that Croaker is often kept in the dark, the plot can be somewhat hard to follow. Small acts of sabotage crop up in the camp, doubles of the young woman begin to appear, and someone or something is affecting the memories of the Company. They’re sent to capture a supposed rebel leader who turns out to be an innocent-seeming young woman, and things begin to get strange. Chronicler Croaker and the rest of the mercenary band are in service to a mysterious and powerful sorceress known as the Lady, but as they get comfortably dug in at their new posting, begin to realize that things are a little too quiet. Macmillan, 1984 - Fantasy fiction - 319 pages. The Black Company is an evocative and page-turning novel that will leave an imprint on the psyche of those who read it. ![]() ![]() After more than 17 years, Cook returns with a murky and ephemeral addition to his Chronicles of the Black Company grimdark fantasy series. ![]()
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