The Many Deaths of the Black Company

Glen Cook

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“Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive. . . .

“I am Murgen, Standardbearer of the Black Company, though I bear the shame of having lost that standard in battle. I am keeping these Annals because Croaker is dead, One–Eye won’t, and hardly anyone else can read or write. I will be your guide for however long it takes the Shadowlanders to force our present predicament to its inevitable end....”

This omnibus volume comprises the novels Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live.

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In those days the Black Company did not exist. This I know because there were laws and decrees that told me so. But I did not feel entirely insubstantial.

The Company standard, its Captain and Lieutenant, its Standardbearer and all the men who had made the Company so terrible, had passed on, having been buried alive at the heart of a vast desert of stone. "Glittering stone," they whispered in the streets and alleys of Taglios, and "Gone to Khatovar," they proclaimed from on high, the mighty making what they had been so determined to prevent for so long over into a great triumph

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Jason  rated it  
Jan 12, 2012
An exciting, tragic, melancholy ending for a great series. ...more
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Joshua  rated it  
May 30, 2011
These two books (Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live) may be my favorite in the series. Saying that about the last two books (at least for now) in a series says a lot about Glen Cook as a writer.

Yes, there are "many deaths" as the title says but each one feels fitting considering ...more
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Troy  rated it  
Dec 2, 2010
A collection of two of the best books ever written. See my detailed reviews of those books for more information. ...more
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The Many Deaths of the Black Company
Glen Cook

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
January 2010
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ISBN: 9780765324016
ISBN10: 0765324016
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 784 pages
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