Glen Cook

From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the eighth book in the chronicles of the Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. An earthquake has left the Shadowlands vulnerable, and the Black Company must move swiftly to seize the advantage. Marching south in the depths of winter, they navigate fragile alliances, rival sorcerers, and weapons of shadow-sorcery in their mission to reach the fortress of Overlook, where the last Shadowmaster is rebuilding his power – and where they hope to defeat him. For the Company’s Annalist, Murgen, ghost-walking has made him indispensable – and increasingly unmoored from the living world. As battles turn and betrayals surface, he realises that this conflict is drawing the Company toward something far older than their present enemies, and far harder to escape.

From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the ninth book in the chronicles of the Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. The world believes the Black Company is dead — and that’s exactly how Sleepy wants it. As the Company’s watchful Annalist and master strategist, she has fooled an entire empire into thinking the brotherhood is gone, even as she leads them in secret beneath Soulcatcher’s very nose. From the slums of Taglios to the edge of the glittering plain, Sleepy and the rest of the survivors wage a silent war of bold abductions, treacherous bargains, and dangerous journeys, all for one purpose: to reunite with their captured leaders who remain magically entombed underground.

From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the fifth book in the chronicles of The Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. The war against the Dominator is over and the empire stands on the brink of an uneasy peace. But victory has come at a staggering price. The Lady is stripped of her power, and the Black Company is a shadow of itself — a ragged handful of survivors. With no other path open, Croaker, the Company’s new captain, turns to the Annals and half-forgotten legend in search of answers. Their destination: Khatovar — the fabled birthplace of the Black Company. Uncovering their history may yet decide their future — if they can survive the journey there.

From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the tenth book in the chronicles of the Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. After years of fragile peace, the Black Company marches to war once more — and Croaker, long absent from the Annals, takes up the quill once again. Their enemies are many and merciless: Lisa Bowalk, the forvalaka bent on vengeance; Soulcatcher, brilliant and mad; Mogaba, the traitor general; a supernatural spy wearing a friend’s face; and, darkest of all, the ancient goddess Kina, who seeks to bring about the dreaded Year of the Skulls. To survive, the Company must cross worlds, confront old ghosts, and face the consequences of their own legend.

From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the fourth book IN the chronicles of The Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. The Dominator is dead — nearly. What remains of him, a sliver of pure malice, has been hammered into a silver spike and driven into a sacred tree no sane soul would dare disturb. Enter a crew of petty thieves. In greed and folly they pry the spike free and unleash a catastrophe the world is unprepared to face. Reborn and ravenous for vengeance, the Dominator sweeps across the land in a scorched-earth campaign, leaving gutted cities in his wake. The White Rose must rally every ally she can — and withstand the corrupting pull of the Dominator’s lingering essence — before his return consumes the world.

From international bestseller Glen Cook comes the sixth book in the chronicles of the Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. After the disastrous defeat at Dejagore, The Lady wakes alone to a battlefield of corpses. As one of the few survivors, and with Croaker missing, it falls to her to scrape together a motley army of fugitives and outcasts strong enough to challenge the conspiring Shadowmasters. But as an unlikely ally emerges from the shadows with even murkier motives, The Lady must decide if she can afford to lose their aid — or discover what she might risk by taking it.

From international bestseller Glen Cook, comes the seventh book in the chronicles of the Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy. Standardbearer and reluctant Annalist Murgen knows they are running out of time. The Black Company has seized the fortress of Stormgard — but victory has only brought new dangers. Now besieged, starving, and surrounded by the Shadowlanders, the Company faces destructionboth from within and without. As the siege intensifies and the brotherhood teeters on the brink of collapse, commanders and soldiersalike vie for power. Meanwhile, Murgen finds himself slipping violently through time, forced to relive past horrors even as his present unravels...

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark, comes Lies Weeping, the first book in an all-new arc in the legendary Chronicles of the Black Company — the landmark series that changed the face of fantasy. Scattered from their disastrous campaign across worlds, the Black Company left too many of their number buried in the ground before finally retreating across the plain of glittering stone. On the other side of the plain lies Hsien, their one-time base in the Land of Unknown Shadows, and with it the promise of safety — of a sort. Amidst the struggle to rebuild what is left of the Company, Arkana and Shukrat, the two young Voroshks now reluctantly serving as the Company’s annalists, find themselves haunted by vague omens and the threat of starvation. But, even more disturbing, are sightings of a strange, ragged creature, that appears to be wearing the body of the left-behind Croaker... INCLUDES FOREWORD BY STEVEN ERIKSON, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MALAZAN, BOOK OF THE FALLEN

Největší tajemství Pipera Hechta spočívá v tom, že umí zabíjet bohy. A není zase tak velké tajemství, že kromě toho umí vítězit ve válkách. Piper Hecht je proto nebezpečný, ale kvůli svým schopnostem a pověsti se v nebezpečí ocitne také on sám - hrozí mu smrt ze strany jeho nepřátel, kteří se buď obávají toho, čeho by mohl být schopen, nebo se mu chtějí pomstít za to, co už dokázal; a hrozí mu i smrt z rukou vlastních spojenců, kteří chtějí jeho vojenské schopnosti využít ke svým vlastním cílům. Piperova sestra Heris a jeho předek Cloven Februaren, Devátý neznámý, chtějí Hechta zapojit do vlastního boje proti návratu temného boha. A pološílená císařovna Katrin chce, aby vedl armády Grailské říse na východ do křížové výpravy proti pramánům, dávným souvěrcům. A mezitím se svět všude kolem nich mění. Zimy jsou každým rokem delší a mrazivější a moře čím dál mělčí. Země na severu a vrcholky pohoří pokrývá vrstva sněhu a ledu. Síla Studní moci na celém světě slábne. A staré zlo, Zástupci Noci z časů před časem, se začíná vkrádat zpátky na svět.

Je čím dál chladněji. Studny Moci slábnou a Noc získává na síle. Piper Hecht ve zdraví přežil souboj se Zástupci a stal se velitelem křížové armády Sublima V. Okolo trůnu Grailské říše se stahuje síť intrik. Hechta podporuje legendární čaroděj Cloven Februaren, jenže i pro něj je obtížné poradit si s dávnými bohy, kteří stále touží využívat lidské osudy k vlastním cílům. Mnohozápletková rychlá akce se opět odehrává ve světě, překvapivě podobném našemu a odhalujícím základy mechanismů moci.