The Black Company
Ratings6
Average rating3.5
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Ratings6
Average rating3.5
Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten 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... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Series
9 primary books15 released booksThe Chronicles of the Black Company is a 10-book series with 8 primary works first released in 1984 with contributions by Glen Cook, Ari Marmell, and 14 others.
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13 primary booksLes Annales de la Compagnie Noire is a 13-book series with 13 primary works first released in 1984 with contributions by Glen Cook.
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3 primary books4 released booksThe Books of the North is a 4-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1984 with contributions by Glen Cook.
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I found it too dark, didn???t like the writing style and the characters??
This has got to have one of the worst beginnings of any book I have actually finished. I was so close to putting this down and it took me forever to finish. I get that this is narrated by someone who is the historian of his group, but there is very little context to what is going on. If he could have adding thing like, we sailed to this place and have been working for The Lady for this amount of time. Something to tell me what is going on. I kept rereading sections to see what I was missing, but it wasn't me, it was the information that was missing. Also, I thought these were Croaker's Annuls, but at the end there are things he is not going to put in the Annuls, so are these his writings or are we just in his head?
It does get better half way through, but there is a lot of casual rape going on. The main character even congratulates one of his buddies on the woman he is abusing. I get that rape and pillaging is pretty common for soldier type conquests, but still.
I did end up liking the last part of the book, and it has intrigued me enough to consider continuing on. I got the 3 book omnibus, so I already own the next 2. I will see if I feel like picking them up. Definitely taking a break from the world.
