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The Black Company

The Black Company

grimdark precursor; military fantasy; morally grey; mercenary perspective

Aggregated Pros
  • Grimdark precursor
  • Military fantasy
  • Morally grey
  • Mercenary perspective

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u/redditor · r/Fantasy

“So The Black Company is really a collection of several series. The first three* books make up the Books of the North and have a solid ...”

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“The Black Company is, at its core, about a jaded mercenary medic and journalist who falls in love with an immortal evil sorceress. Hijinks ensue ...”

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u/redditor · r/theblackcompany

“Glenn Cook's fantasy series The Black Company has been ripe for a series for years now. This is like the OG grimdark fantasy setting. I am certain that if they ...”

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u/redditor · r/theblackcompany

“The Black Company is the greatest fantasy book series since The Lord of The Rings Discussion. Every character is amazing. Croaker is one of the greatest ...”

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u/redditor · r/Fantasy

“The Black Company is a series of books broken up into several mini-series. They average about 300 pages apiece, with only a few POV ...”

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u/redditor · r/Fantasy

“The Black Company has the trappings of a traditional fantasy novel but reads like a Vietnam war novel. That to me is what I loved about it. The ...”

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u/redditor · r/Fantasy

“In the first 27 pages of The Black Company, you have the following incomplete list of things happen. ... The Black Company was like the complete ...”

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u/redditor · r/Fantasy

“So I'm nearly finished with the broken empire trilogy and the first law trilogy and I'm thinking of picking it up once I finish both of this trilogies”

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u/redditor · r/Fantasy

“The Black Company has minimal world-building. Even for the standard of the time it was written, it was really more of a vibe-based series, than ...”

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u/redditor · r/Fantasy

“I’m like an hour in on the audio book and really have no clue what’s going on. I feel like it jumps around a lot and it’s hard for me to follow. The ...”

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