![]() ![]() Their tale is told by the troop physician, a man named Croaker, who also happens to be the Company’s historian and pseudo-priest. The Black Company is a book about a mercenary troop in a dark land populated by grim characters and magic that is unbounded and terrifying. Whether that holds true for the entire body of work is not yet known, but I hope to be able to make that call within the next few years. If I were to judge the first novels of any of those authors to Cook’s debut, I’d give the edge to Cook. ![]() In short, Glen Cook is as responsible for the current state of fantasy fiction today as almost anyone short of Grandfather Tolkien. Martin, and Steven Erikson had somehow missed out on Glen Cook’s work, I would call you a liar and point to any number of influences – some of them downright rip-offs – within this first Black Company novel. If you told me that Robert Jordan, George R.R. It is six years before The Eye of the World starts The Wheel of Time saga. This is 12 years before A Game of Thrones is first released and 15 years before Gardens of the Moon. The Black Company was first published in 1984. ![]()
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