The Return of the Black Company

Name: The Return of the Black Company
Rating: 4.096774193548387 (31 reviews)
Author: Glen Cook
ISBN: 9780765324009

by Glen Cook, Raymond Swanland

4.1

(31 ratings)

672 pages2000TorISBN 9780765324009

Fiction FantasyAdventureWarScience Fiction Fantasy fiction American

Adventurousdarkmedium

About this book

"Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive. . . "I am Murgen, Standardbearer of the Black Company, though I bear the shame of having lost that standard in battle. I am keeping these Annals because Croaker is dead, One-Eye won't, and hardly anyone else can read or write. I will be your guide for however long it takes the Shadowlanders to force our present predicament to its inevitable end. . ." The Return of the Black Company comprises the novels Bleak Seasons and She is the Darkness—the third omnibus volume of Glen Cook's fantasy epic Chronicles of the Black Company. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Publication Details

Publisher: Tor
Published: 2000
Pages: 672
ISBN: 9780765324009
Language: en

About Glen Cook

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. His works are celebrated for their gritty realism and historical complexity, influencing many in the fantasy genre. [Steven Erikson][5] has noted that Cook's work significantly impacted the genre by removing the stereotypes and cliches that were previously inherent in it, and introducing real, human characters and believable situations. He resides near St. Louis, Missouri. (Sources:[1][1],[2][2],[3][3]) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Cook [2]: https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Glen-Cook/biography.html [3]: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13026.Glen_Cook [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17597447W [5]: https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1394250A