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The Black Company

The Chronicles of the Black Company seriesbook 1 of 9Next:Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery(2010) →

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.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 319 pages

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