Chronicles of the Black Company

Tor Books, 2007, Kindle Edition

Product Description

Darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must. They bury their doubts with their dead.

Then comes the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more….

This omnibus edition comprises The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose.

Product Details

Title: Chronicles of the Black Company
Sales Rank: 3122 in Books
Author: Glen Cook
Publisher: Tor Books, 2007-11-13, Kindle Edition, 704 pages

Customer Reviews

Good, Gritty War Fantasy: Glen Cook's "Chronicles of the Black Company" falls pretty clearly into the "gritty war fantasy" camp. The titular "Black Company" is a group of mercenaries, working in a land under the thumb of a tyrannical ruler known only as "The Lady"; before long, one of her servants hires them to help fight off a rebellion. The moral murk isn't used so much to question… More reviews

A great fantasy series.: I don't know if I can explain how much I love the Black Company series.. My first experience with them was the SciFi Book Clubs edition, and I got it sent to me automatically by them. I typically didn't like the ones they sent that way, and considered sending it back. But for some reason I picked it up and read the few few chapters.… More reviews

Brilliant, character-driven fantasy. Erikson fans, check this one out!: The Chronicles of the Black Company is a collection of the first four Black Company novels by Glen Cook : The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose (also known as the Books of the North). I completely and thouroughly enjoyed this 3-in-1 volume!!
I won't recap the plot, but The Black Company is a tightly-knit mercenary unit that… More reviews

epic fantasy at its best!: Omnibus of The Black Company [1984], Shadows Linger [1984, and The White Rose [1985]
Upon surfing the Net I came across a Blog where a debate continued on the subject of whether or not Steven Erikson stole his Malazan Empire ideas from Glen Cook's Black Company. Being a devout Malazan fan, I had to come see for myself, and… More reviews

Boring, but not too interesting: As one reviewer said, he does not put too much frilly stuff in here. The story is so devoid of character development and scene description that it's as if he were recounting the highlights of something to someone else who had been there with him. This is perhaps the most juvenile piece of published writing I have encountered since I was in elementery school.
There… More reviews