- series:The Black Company, series:The Books of the North, dark fantasy, high fantasy
Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her... So begins one of the greatest fantasy epics of our age—Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company.
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- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Glen Cook
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 319
- Publisher
- J'AI LU, Editions 84, Audible Studios
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English, French, Spanish, German
- ISBN
- 9780812584387
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“There were prodigies and portents enough, One-Eye says.”
Glen Cook (born July 9, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, best known for his series *The Black Company*, a dark military fantasy that follows the adventures of an elite mercenary unit, and *Garrett P.I.* about a hardboiled detective in a fantasy world, blending elements of mystery and fantasy. Born in New York City, he grew up in northern California and served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1972. He attended the Clarion Writer's Workshop in 1970, which helped launch his writing career. His first published novel, [*The Heirs of Babylon*][4], was published in 1972. After his military service, Cook worked at a General Motors assembly plant while writing prolifically. Hi
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