![]() The Company are dragged out of one conflict, maybe dishonourably, and into another. Glen Cook immediately draws us into an action packed world that is free with death, unlike so many books where the death count seems miraculously non-existent. They are an elite mercenary force, hundreds deep at the moment, but once numbered in the thousands. The Black Company, the first book in the series of the same name, tells the story of the Black Company, last of the Free Companies of Khatovar, the last of the Twelve True Companies. ![]() With them, in the words of Steven Erikson, “Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy.”Īnd I totally agree something that doesn’t always happen with such hyperbole. The Black Company series by Glen Cook is one of those series, and I apologize for taking so long to get to these wonderful books. Every now and again I get to read a book or series of books that have not been touched by other reviewers on the site, but really should have been. ![]()
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