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The Black Company

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Novels
Main chronology The Books of the North The Books of the South The Books of Glittering Stone Forthcoming novels Spin-offs Omnibus editions Science Fiction Book Club hardcover omnibus editions Tor Fiction softcover omnibus editions Short stories
Plot summary
In other media
Television
References
External links

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Volumes:
The Black Company
Shadows Linger
The White Rose
Shadow Games
Dreams of Steel
Bleak Seasons
She Is the Darkness
Water Sleeps
Soldiers Live
Port of Shadows}}

| author = Glen Cook
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = Epic fantasy
Dark fantasy
Adventure
Hard fantasy
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May 1984
October 1984
April 1985
June 1989
April 1990
April 1996
September 1997
March 1999
July 2000
September 2018}}

| media_type = Print (hardback and paperback)
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The Black Company is a series of dark fantasy books written by American author Glen Cook. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four-hundred-year history.

Green Ronin Publishing published The Black Company role-playing game in 2004.

Novels

Main chronology

The Books of the North

The Black Company: May 1984
Shadows Linger: October 1984
The White Rose: April 1985

The Books of the South

Shadow Games: June 1989
Dreams of Steel: April 1990

The Books of Glittering Stone

Bleak Seasons: April 1996
She Is the Darkness: September 1997
Water Sleeps: March 1999
Soldiers Live: July 2000

Forthcoming novels

A Pitiless Rain, the conclusion of the series, release date undetermined^[1]

Spin-offs

The Silver Spike: September 1989

Omnibus editions

Science Fiction Book Club hardcover omnibus editions

Annals of the Black Company (collects The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose)
The Black Company Goes South (collects The Silver Spike, Shadow Games, and Dreams of Steel)
The Black Company: Glittering Stone I (collects Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness)
The Black Company: Glittering Stone II (collects Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)

Tor Fiction softcover omnibus editions

The Chronicles of The Black Company (collects The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose) (November 2007)
The Books of the South (collects Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike) (June 2008)
The Return of The Black Company (collects Bleak Seasons, and She Is The Darkness) (September 2009)
The Many Deaths of The Black Company (collects Water Sleeps, and Soldiers Live) (January 2010)

Short stories

"Raker"—appeared in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (August 1982). This was a pre-publication excerpt of chapter three from The Black Company, with slight editing differences to make it stand alone as a short story.
"Tides Elba"—appeared in Swords & Dark Magic, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders, published by Eos (2010)
"Smelling Danger: A Black Company Story"—appeared in the Subterranean Press anthology, Tales of Dark Fantasy 2, edited by William Schafer (2011).
"Shaggy Dog Bridge"—appeared in Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan, published by Solaris (2013)
"Bone Candy"—appeared in Shattered Shields, edited by Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt, published by Baen (2014)
"Bone Eaters"—appeared in Operation Arcana, edited by John Joseph Adams, published by Baen (2015)

"Tides Elba", "Smelling Danger", and "Bone Candy" were collected and reworked into Port of Shadows.^[2]

Plot summary

The series follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, last of the Free Companies of Khatovar, through roughly forty years of its approximately four-hundred-year history. Cook mixes fantasy with military fiction in gritty, down-to-earth portrayals of the Company's chief personalities and its struggles.

The main chronology spans nine novels, which can be grouped into three sections: The Books of the North recount the Company's dealings with the Empire of Lady; The Books of the South follow the Company on its journey back to its beginnings in Khatovar; Glittering Stone sees the Company achieve victory over its employer's enemies, and move on to its destiny.

Additionally, there is one spin-off novel, The Silver Spike, which follows events concerning former members of the Company and one of its adversaries.

In other media

Television

A TV show based on the Black Company is under development, with David S. Goyer as executive producer. Eliza Dushku will also produce and play the Lady.^[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web |first=Donald |last=Mead |date=January 17, 2005 |title=Interview: Glen Cook |url=http://www.strangehorizons.com/2005/20050117/cook-int-a.shtml |work=Strange Horizons |accessdate=November 30, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite book |last=Cook |first=Glen |year=2018 |title=Port of Shadows |chapter=Copyright Acknowledgements |location=New York |publisher=Tor Books |edition=First hardcover |page=5 |isbn=9781250174574}}
3. ^{{cite news |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=April 24, 2017 |title=Eliza Dushku to Star in 'The Black Company' Series Adaptation in Works by IM Global & David Goyer |url=http://deadline.com/2017/04/eliza-dushku-star-the-black-company-series-adaptation-david-goyer-im-global-1202076367/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=November 30, 2017}}

External links

{{isfdb series|237|Chronicles of the Black Company}}
Black Company Timeline
Black Company Maps

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