The Black Company (Chronicles of The Black Company #1)
 

The Black Company (Chronicle of the Black Company)

by Glen Cook

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... (read more)

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tabula rasa
  • Rated 4 stars

The Black Company follows the journey of a band of mercenaries. This book, & others in the series, are written in a contemporary style from the mercenaries perspective.

This book, the first in the series, introduces the characters and to that degree I will admit it is a little slow in parts, but it more than makes up for it in the following books.

Gritty, "real", & "human" the series is filled with great, diverse characters (Croaker, One Eye, Raven), better villains (The...

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Gashlycrumb
  • Rated 1 stars

After 75 pages, I've come to the conclusion that life is too short to waste reading bad books.

Positive praise and reviews caused me to bring the book home against my best judgement.

The first-person style, lack of character depth, stupid names, inane dialogue and juvenile prose have caused me to abandon the book in frustration.

Good thing I read Mary Gentle's Ash: A Secret History before giving up on the military fantasy genre altogether.

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  • Rated 4.25 stars
 

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