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The Books of the South: Tales of the Black Company

by Glen Cook

The Black Company’s southern campaign

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AlbakiReads Editorial

The Black Company’s southern campaign

This omnibus gathers Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike, continuing Glen Cook’s Chronicles of the Black Company. After the battle at the Tower of Charm, the Company marches south under pursuit from shadowy figures and enters a conflict with the Shadowmasters, beings associated with darkness and sorrow. The collected volume brings three Books of the South together, giving the campaign a broader place within the series’ larger sequence. Its fantasy conflict is framed around a mercenary company facing dangerous supernatural opponents, with survival remaining a central concern.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers following the Chronicles of the Black Company who want the second omnibus volume.
  • Readers interested in epic fantasy centered on a mercenary company and supernatural adversaries.

Themes

Mercenary companySurvivalSupernatural conflictDarkness and sorrow

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Book overview

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark, comes The Books of the South, an omnibus comprising of Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike--the second omnibus volume of the bestselling fantasy epic Chronicles of the Black Company, with millions of copies in print.

Marching south after the ghastly battle at the Tower of Charm, the Black Company is hounded by shadowy figures every inch of the way.

The game is on: the Company versus the Shadowmasters, deadly creatures that deal in darkness and sorrow.

When hope dies, there's still survival. And there's still the Black Company.

"With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy."--New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson

Chronicles of The Black Company
The Black Company (The First Chronicle)
Shadows Linger (The Second Chronicle)
The White Rose (The Third Chronicle)
The Silver Spike
Shadow Games (The First Book of the South)
Dreams of Steel (The Second Book of the South)
Bleak Seasons (Book One of Glittering Stone)
She Is the Darkness (Book Two of Glittering Stone)
Water Sleeps (Book Three of Glittering Stone)
Soldiers Live (Book Four of Glittering Stone)
Port of Shadows
Lies Weeping (Book One of A Pitiless Rain)

Omnibus editions:
Chronicles of the Black Company
(comprising The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose)
The Books of the South
(comprising Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike)
Return of the Black Company
(comprising Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness)
The Many Deaths of the Black Company
(comprising Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)

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