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Classic sci-fi/fantasy literature. The writing style can be a bit off-putting, as it is not heavy on description. Cook leaves it to the reader to let the imagination fill in details, and *gasp* imagine for themselves what something looked like exactly. If you have an active imagination, you'll probably love this. It's NOT George R.R. Martin filled with endless, on-going descriptions of every nitpick detail. In that same vein, it is not Tolkien, with some great explanation as to how things came to be. Instead, you're thrust into things riding in the hip pocket of a "combat medic", and how he sees things as he attempts to chronicle his unit's actions, and how he becomes engrossed in a world that he never expected to find himself plunged into.

The first part reads like a war diary (which, it kind of is) in a medieval "Vietnam". The "good guys" are hardly good, the "bad guys" are not all that bad, most of the time. He approaches his fantasy world in varying shades of grey, with true light/darkness being very, very rare. War is pictured as the ugly, dirty thing that it truly is (former combat medic myself... so maybe I'm biased), with all of the moral ambiguity and heartache that can accompany it. There's no sex scenes but there's some discussion of the things men historically have done in war as conquerors. The ugly side of human nature isn't overly dramatized as Martin tends to do..... but the author does not shy away from it either.

My best recommendation to a reader new to it is.... start reading, and don't give up for at least 10 chapters. Admittedly, I passed up this book several times before my friend convinced me to really try it. I started it, got about 10% in...... and was firmly hooked to the point of staying up waaaaaaaaaaaay too late on worknights.


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Chronicles of the Black Company Glen Cook 9780765319234 Books Reviews

My first Glen Cook read, acquired after catching up on Bernard Cornwell's historical adventure series (love Cornwell's Saxon saga; go Uhtred!). In Cook's three-book 'Chronicles of the Black Company' compilation, chronicler and medic Croaker recounts how comrade wizards aid the Company (trustworthy mercenaries, mostly human adventurers) as they are drawn into a feud between sorcerers of even greater power. Took me a while to adjust to the fact some of the characters, without much explanation or ado, can whip up spell to blind or baffle the opposition. But I burned through the three volumes without a break for other novels. An interesting alternative universe where people largely speak and act in a contemporary manner, yet have not stumbled upon gunpowder or electricity.
This is a great epic military fantasy. Characters are great. Story is great. And there is humor also! I love epic fantasies with both military battles and magic battles. The Black Company delivers great epic action as they are recruited into the service of the Lady and the Taken. The Lady and the Taken are resurrected evil from a past empire ruled by the Dominator. There is a rebellion against the Lady which the Black Company must suppress. Many hard military and magical campaigns follow as the Taken battle the rebel wizards, the Black Company rallies the empire's forces and the Dominator plots for his own resurrection. The Black Company is an easy to like outfit filled with hard cases, wise guys and many other enjoyable characters. The Black Company is the best but prefers to win by deception or trickery and only fights when unavoidable - this leads to some interesting scenes.

I have been a fan of The Black Company novels for many years. It has been a long painful wait for these novels to arrive as e-book editions in the US but they are finally here. The first novel, The Black Company, remains my favorite but I am a fan of the entire 10 book series. The first three novels (contained in this omnibus edition) and The Silver Spike stand on their own so those who are new to this series need not worry that reading one novel would be a commitment to the entire series - although you may get hooked like I did. However , the last six novels (or the remaining three omnibus editions) have dangling plots individually and would be hard to characterize as standalone.

There are 10 Novels of the Black Company in the series. At the time of this review, US e-book editions are available either individually or as four omnibus collections. This is the first omnibus collection. The remaining three omnibus collections are The Books of the South,The Return of the Black Company, and The Many Deaths of the Black Company.

This is a must read story for those who are fans of the Epic Military Fantasy stories. Chronicles of the Black Company is 14,526 locations long. Standard length novels seem to run in the 4,500 to 7,000 plus location range. Longer novels can range from 15,000 to 20,000 plus locations.
I bought this long before I had my because of a review on the back of the book that said something like Glen Cook has done away with the archetypes of the fantasy genre. I get really bored of fantasy because of the various tropes and focus on world-building instead of life-building, so I looked forward to reading this. It's now one of my favorite books of all time. I certainly had never read a piece of fantasy fiction quite like this before. When I got my , this was top on my list of adding to it so that I could read it again.
Cook paints with a human brush, characters have a feel of real people capable of failure and epic heroics that we can bond with.
Not a typical evil is evil and good is good epic, human failings are real, and integrating that makes the characters that much more realistic and relatable.
Conflict is not only on the battle fields,the subtle conflict in the hearts of the main characters as they struggle to understand what is truly right keeps them fresh and unpredictable in the long run. The lack of a stylish "beautiful" fantasy world gives the tale it's gritty reality but paints a world with no less depth than other popular fantasy works. The mercenary outlook and toned down "Magical" element give the story a human feel that latches on and makes it hard to put this book down. Should be part of any action/military/fantasy readers collection!
Classic sci-fi/fantasy literature. The writing style can be a bit off-putting, as it is not heavy on description. Cook leaves it to the reader to let the imagination fill in details, and *gasp* imagine for themselves what something looked like exactly. If you have an active imagination, you'll probably love this. It's NOT George R.R. Martin filled with endless, on-going descriptions of every nitpick detail. In that same vein, it is not Tolkien, with some great explanation as to how things came to be. Instead, you're thrust into things riding in the hip pocket of a "combat medic", and how he sees things as he attempts to chronicle his unit's actions, and how he becomes engrossed in a world that he never expected to find himself plunged into.

The first part reads like a war diary (which, it kind of is) in a medieval "Vietnam". The "good guys" are hardly good, the "bad guys" are not all that bad, most of the time. He approaches his fantasy world in varying shades of grey, with true light/darkness being very, very rare. War is pictured as the ugly, dirty thing that it truly is (former combat medic myself... so maybe I'm biased), with all of the moral ambiguity and heartache that can accompany it. There's no sex scenes but there's some discussion of the things men historically have done in war as conquerors. The ugly side of human nature isn't overly dramatized as Martin tends to do..... but the author does not shy away from it either.

My best recommendation to a reader new to it is.... start reading, and don't give up for at least 10 chapters. Admittedly, I passed up this book several times before my friend convinced me to really try it. I started it, got about 10% in...... and was firmly hooked to the point of staying up waaaaaaaaaaaay too late on worknights.