You might enjoy Malazan, as it is also grimdark military epic fantasy, and it's author, Stephen Erikson, has said that The Black Company was a big inspiration for him.
have read the entire series including the latest volume , port of shadows , and I`ve read them all multiple times , the series is that good ! and is from book one ! but when I first started on the series it was new , and is so well written that it is worth revisiting every few years !
I don't know if you ever went back and finished the Black company series, but if you haven't you should. It has one book left which has not come out yet, (A Pityless rain) But the series has a secret that I don't think I've ever seen another series emulate. In point of fact, Glen Cook ran the longest long con in book stories ever in fantasy. He planned out a story that has only just semi wrapped up and wrapped around itself. Started in 1984 The Black company just revealed that he planned and has been executing a hidden story line the whole time. The book sequence is The black company (1984) A port of Shadows (2018, Shadowslinger, The white rose, (the silver spike) Shadow Games, Dreams of steel, Bleak season, She is the Darkness, Water Sleeps, soldiers Live, Port of Shadows. What you ask? How can the same book be in two places in the order at once? Because, as I said, glen cook has been running a story parallel to the main story the whole time, while at the same time using the same characters. Literally Croaker and the Lady have been throughout the whole story, subtly and carefully guiding their past selves to the conclusion of the series. Literally in book one, croakers vision... was given to him... by himself. Lady, has been likewise been guided by herself to her ultimate fate decades later... and all the clues, if you go back and re-read the whole story, are right there in front of you the whole time. Again, if you've not read it all none of this makes a lick of sense... but read the whole series, in this order... Learn who Tedais Elba is... and then complete the series and re-reead port of shadows... and the whole story unfolds and shows you how clever and cagey cook really was after all.
First book was SO hard! The first chapter took many re-reads and words looked up. Ultimately so fulfilling and great. Fighting through the first book made it feel like an accomplishment and I'm so glad I stuck through it. GREAT SERIES!
You may have already figured this out but this omnibus is the first in a series of 4. I remember reading through the first omnibus and then finding out there were more and was blown away. This felt like a complete wrapped up story. But the other books go much further out exploring the world and whatnot. Shit gets more confusing than game of thrones trying to remember who's who. But its one of my favorite series I've ever read. And they only get longer after the first omnibus too. I'd say the series as a whole is probably over 3000 pages.
You might enjoy Malazan, as it is also grimdark military epic fantasy, and it's author, Stephen Erikson, has said that The Black Company was a big inspiration for him.
Good ol' Fiddler was the man
Went thought the entire series by far my favourite
have read the entire series including the latest volume , port of shadows , and I`ve read them all multiple times , the series is that good ! and is from book one ! but when I first started on the series it was new , and is so well written that it is worth revisiting every few years !
I don't know if you ever went back and finished the Black company series, but if you haven't you should. It has one book left which has not come out yet, (A Pityless rain) But the series has a secret that I don't think I've ever seen another series emulate. In point of fact, Glen Cook ran the longest long con in book stories ever in fantasy. He planned out a story that has only just semi wrapped up and wrapped around itself. Started in 1984 The Black company just revealed that he planned and has been executing a hidden story line the whole time.
The book sequence is The black company (1984) A port of Shadows (2018, Shadowslinger, The white rose, (the silver spike) Shadow Games, Dreams of steel, Bleak season, She is the Darkness, Water Sleeps, soldiers Live, Port of Shadows. What you ask? How can the same book be in two places in the order at once? Because, as I said, glen cook has been running a story parallel to the main story the whole time, while at the same time using the same characters. Literally Croaker and the Lady have been throughout the whole story, subtly and carefully guiding their past selves to the conclusion of the series. Literally in book one, croakers vision... was given to him... by himself. Lady, has been likewise been guided by herself to her ultimate fate decades later... and all the clues, if you go back and re-read the whole story, are right there in front of you the whole time. Again, if you've not read it all none of this makes a lick of sense... but read the whole series, in this order... Learn who Tedais Elba is... and then complete the series and re-reead port of shadows... and the whole story unfolds and shows you how clever and cagey cook really was after all.
Just finished book 1, then turned around and bought the omnibus. (Northern campaign)
I really enjoyed this read and I'm excited to get back into it.
First book was SO hard! The first chapter took many re-reads and words looked up. Ultimately so fulfilling and great. Fighting through the first book made it feel like an accomplishment and I'm so glad I stuck through it. GREAT SERIES!
I will read this book now 🤩
I loved when Sue got Carted, that was filthy. The entire series is wonderful.
You may have already figured this out but this omnibus is the first in a series of 4. I remember reading through the first omnibus and then finding out there were more and was blown away. This felt like a complete wrapped up story. But the other books go much further out exploring the world and whatnot. Shit gets more confusing than game of thrones trying to remember who's who. But its one of my favorite series I've ever read. And they only get longer after the first omnibus too. I'd say the series as a whole is probably over 3000 pages.
Thanks!
Gotta read this.
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Sounds good
Have you read Dread empire series? Also written by Cook, similar in style
No, but I plan to. :)