![]() ![]() He’s no leader, at least not at first, and he seems like an odd choice for the series’s main POV character it half feels as if you’re going to turn over and find the next few pages blank, simply because he couldn’t be bothered. The books follow the gruff Croaker, who serves as the company’s doctor and archivist, tasks he administers with a little reluctance. While leaders are shoving carved pieces around a map, the Black Company is fighting and dying for a wage they may never get to spend. It’s a story about soldiers, but it avoids glorifying war. So begins one of the greatest fantasy epics of our age Glen Cooks Chronicles of the Black Company. Martin’s fantasy series.īut what really makes The Black Company so special, apart from the fact that it’s exceedingly well written, is that it’s about the people who get their hands dirty. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her. No, that doesn’t mean Cook’s only a tenth of the way from finishing the main narrative is very much done, unlike George R.R. The Black Company series spans nine books, plus a spinoff and an interquel, and covers 40 years of a mercenary company’s 400-year history. But it’s downright criminal that Glen Cook’s fantasy series has failed to make it to the small screen thus far. ![]() It is an important work in the history of the genre. It is a wildly influential book that was like nothing that came before it, and much modern fantasy writing owes a MASSIVE debt to it. Who needs House Targaryen when you’ve got The Black Company? Millions of Game of Thrones fans, apparently, because let’s face it - there was no way we weren’t going to get at least one GoT spinoff like House of the Dragon. The Black Company is one of the foundation texts for modern fantasy. ![]()
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