Until the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. The hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. There are plenty of places to begin (though we recommend book #1 or the upcoming Port of Shadows as entry points), but we’ve made it easy for you with the official chronological order!ĭiscover the original grimdark fantasy series with the dark and epic tale of the mercenary group The Black Company. In 1984, in an effort to portray fantasy from the level of the military grunt, Glen Cook dreamed up the Black Company, a band of coarse, foulmouthed, and only occasionally sympathetic mercenaries who find themselves working for an evil overlord and her twisted, sorcerous minions. It might seem hard to know where to get started. A genre-defining series like The Chronicles of the Black Company can be intimidating.
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