Darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must. They bury their doubts with their dead.
Then comes the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more... This omnibus edition comprises The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose--the first three novels in Glen Cook's bestselling fantasy series.Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead.
Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her... So begins one of the greatest fantasy epics of our age--Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company.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. . . The Many Deaths of the Black Company comprises the novels Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live--the fourth and final omnibus volume of Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company, one of the greatest fantasy epics of our age.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. . . The Return of the Black Company comprises the novels Bleak Seasons and She is the Darkness--the third omnibus volume of Glen Cook's fantasy epic Chronicles of the Black Company.The hugely anticipated final volume of The Wars of Light and Shadow brings this widely acclaimed, masterful epic fantasy series to its powerful, earth-shattering close.
'It ought to be illegal for one person to have so much talent' STEPHEN DONALDSON
'Janny Wurts builds beautiful castles in the air ... where every detail is richly imagined and vividly rendered' DIANA GABALDON
'Astonishingly original and compelling ... A gifted creator of wonder' RAYMOND E. FEIST
IN THE FINAL BATTLE OF LIGHT AGAINST SHADOW, warring factions prepare to meet the bare fist of Arithon's fury, sparked by the execution of the innocent murdered by divine decree.
As the Fellowship Sorcerers clash with rebellious dragons bent on catastrophic annihilation, those faithful to the True Sect raise armies to extinguish the clans and fight a last, bloody conquest of the free wilds. All while the Prime Matriarch courts reckless power to seize charge of Mankind's destiny.
As contention threatens to snap the final restraint of old Charter Law, bitter strife and vicious ambition threaten to revoke humanity's right to inhabit the world. The only hope of survival for all lies in the recovery of the Paravians, those who last called Athera home before Mankind.
The true hearts of heroes will be challenged in the savage fires of conflict; Elaira and Daliana's steadfast loyalties must rise against the odds or fall as Lysaer's reckoning collides with the Mistwraith's secretive machinations. But not before Elder Powers arise to claim their debt for a grievance spanning millennia ...
THE EPIC FINAL VOLUME OF THE WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW SERIES
Read this groundbreaking epic fantasy series in order:
CURSE OF THE MISTWRAITH (volume one)
THE SHIPS OF MERIOR (volume two)
WARHOST OF VASTMARK (volume three)
FUGITIVE PRINCE (volume four)
GRAND CONSPIRACY (volume five)
PERIL'S GATE (volume six)
TRAITOR'S KNOT (volume seven)
STORMED FORTRESS (volume eight)
INITIATE'S TRIAL (volume nine)
DESTINY'S CONFLICT (volume ten)
SONG OF THE MYSTERIES (volume eleven)
Glen Cook, the father of Grimdark, returns to the Chronicles of the Black Company with a military fantasy adventure in Port of Shadows.
The soldiers of the Black Company don't ask questions, they get paid. But being The Lady's favored is attracting the wrong kind of attention and has put a target on their backs--and the Company's historian, Croaker, has the biggest target of all. The one person who was taken into The Lady's Tower and returned unchanged has earned the special interest of the court of sorcerers known as The Ten Who Were Taken. Now, he and the company are being asked to seek the aid of their newest member, Mischievous Rain, to break a rebel army. However, Croaker doesn't trust any of the Taken, especially not ones that look so much like The Lady and her sister... The Chronicles of the Black CompanyWhen Alaric returns home from a failed crusade, he finds a home changed beyond recognition. It's a land drowning in chaos and overrun with lawlessness.
He is a battle-hardened general who has faced countless foes and navigated the intricate political alliances of the Cardinal King's Court in the Holy Land. But now he confronts his greatest challenge yet - reclaiming his homeland of Dekar.
Grappling with loyalty, duty, and the burden of leadership, Alaric must face the grim realities of war and the weight of a destiny he does not want as he unravels the mysteries of what ruined Dekar. Otherwise, he might lose his home forever...
Marc Alan Edelheit invites readers to immerse themselves in a new Epic Military Fantasy saga that is as emotionally compelling as it is action-packed. Enter a meticulously crafted world featuring progression fantasy and kingdom-building elements, where the stakes are high and the battles are so visceral you can almost smell the blood.
The story begins here...
Choice is power. Whether on the battlefield fighting deadly monsters bent on total destruction or in the mind of an average man struggling through life, both will use this power with their own consequences and rewards.
Death is acceptable for the elite warriors of Sword 1-1-8 - defeat is not. As the living weapon of their King, they have been created with the power of Choice to make battlefield decisions that will either ensure victory or give them a front-row seat to witness their brothers and sisters turn into blue statues. Every decision will matter in their mission to defend a decrepit fort behind enemy lines. As armies of nightmarish beasts led by their traitorous brethren descend upon them, the seven members of 1-1-8 will need every resource, gift, and tactical decision to survive. However, with victory as a requirement, they will need to understand what exactly they are guarding and its connection to their King as well as their sworn enemy.
Choice is power. Choice matters. Choices made will echo beyond the tomb and into eternity.
Choice is power. Whether on the battlefield fighting deadly monsters bent on total destruction or in the mind of an average man struggling through life, both will use this power with their own consequences and rewards.
Death is acceptable for the elite warriors of Sword 1-1-8 - defeat is not. As the living weapon of their King, they have been created with the power of Choice to make battlefield decisions that will either ensure victory or give them a front-row seat to witness their brothers and sisters turn into blue statues. Every decision will matter in their mission to defend a decrepit fort behind enemy lines. As armies of nightmarish beasts led by their traitorous brethren descend upon them, the seven members of 1-1-8 will need every resource, gift, and tactical decision to survive. However, with victory as a requirement, they will need to understand what exactly they are guarding and its connection to their King as well as their sworn enemy.
Choice is power. Choice matters. Choices made will echo beyond the tomb and into eternity.
A gritty new epic fantasy by New York Times bestselling and Hugo-winning author, Harry Turtledove.
A conquered city. A growing resistance. A war for their freedom.For three long years, the militant Chleuh have occupied the Kingdom of Quimper and its great capital, Lutesse. Times are hard since they won the war. There's not much food or fuel - the Chleuh take anything that isn't nailed down.
People in Lutesse have terrible choices to make. Do they go along with the Chleuh and try to make the best of a bad situation? Or do they try to fight back, hoping the occupation can't last forever?
Take Malk Malkovici, junkman extraordinaire. He's a foreigner in Lutesse, and one who follows the wrong gods. If he doesn't make himself useful to the Chleuh, he's a dead man. If he makes himself too useful and the occupiers lose the war, the resistance will have its revenge. It's a fine line to walk.
Or Guisa Sachry, an actor who craves the attention of an audience to feel alice. But the Chleuh control the theaters the same way they control all the other arts. If he's going to appear at all, he has to accommodate himself to them. And the longer the war goes on, the deeper in he gets.
It can't go on like this forever. Battle-dragons fly over Lutesse. Resistance rises.
Liberation may not be far away. . . .
CITY IN CHAINS is a new military epic fantasy by Harry Turtledove, the NYT bestselling and Hugo-winning author of Worldwar. Set in a city reminiscent of occupied Paris during World War II, join a trapped people as they turn to magic to try to make life tolerable among occupation by a Gestapo-like force.
From the godfather of Grimdark himself, LIES WEEPING is the first book in a brand new arc of Glen Cook's groundbreaking Chronicles of the Black Company series!
The Black Company has retreated across the plain of glittering stone, toward a shadow gate that would let them trade the dangers of the plain for the questionable safety of the Company's one-time haven in Hsien, a region in the world known as the Land of Unknown Shadows. In Hsien, the company returns to their former base, An Abode of Ravens, where the Lady ages backwards in a return to force, shaking off the thrall, one breath at a time. Meanwhile, Croaker, ascended to godlike status as the Steadfast Guardian, has been left behind in the Nameless Fortress. In their adopted father's stead, Arkana and Shukrat have taken up the role of annalist for the Black Company. At first, life in Hsien appears quiet, even boring, but it is quickly apparent that strange goings on are more than what they seem, and it's up to them to discover the truth hidden in the shadows of this strange land.Forced to appease the policies of a foreign fiefdom, Phenmir must do the unthinkable: harvest organs from infants.
Ten years ago, a new generation of children began to manifest abilities from the gods. Now, nearly half of the continent has chosen to graft the organs granting the abilities into adults. These gifted children are no longer the only ones with divine power.
Phenmir will no longer participate, but can he repent his sin before all morality is lost?
Meanwhile, Aerhee will give all to preserve the process of harvesting, silencing those who oppose her people
Will this land of peace resort to the barbaric practice of war? In a battle of preservation and progression, there can only be one victor.
U.S. Cav Trooper Nephi Bennett's Humvee went from Panama to hell in the blink of an eye. Now he needs to find his way back home... if he can live that long.
The year is 1989. America has just invaded Noriega's Panama. And Specialist Bennett's platoon of Cav Scouts are in country... with, frankly, not a whole lot to do.
Until the freak rainstorm that somehow transports the entire platoon-Humvees, weapons, and all-to another world. A world controlled by a wicked Aztec god.
The Land of the Black Sun.
In a heartbeat, the Scouts find themselves fighting for their lives against savage beasts, witches, zombies, subhuman tribes seeking sacrifices... and even themselves. Fuel runs low, ammo grows scarce, and their only allies are a tribe of all-female warriors and a single fledgling sorceress with a death wish.
But the fun has only just begun. Things in the Land of the Black Sun are about to become far more dangerous than Specialist Bennett could have ever imagined. For an ancient evil awaits...
... and Bennett and his fellow Cav troopers will meet it with BLOOD and STEEL.
Embark on the adventure of a lifetime with Associated Press Bestselling Author Jason Anspach and Ryan Williamson in this brand-new epic military fantasy series. If you're a fan of modern warriors and weapons laying the hate on the armies of ancient evil, this is just the story you've been waiting for.
If they have to call in Joe Ledger and Echo Team then it's already hit the fan
The Official Joe Ledger Companion takes you inside the mysterious and dangerous world of the DMS: Department of Military Sciences. In here you'll find the following declassified data:
- Mission files for each of Joe Ledger's cases;
- Biographies of the members of the DMS -get to know more about Mr. Church, Top and Bunny, Bug, Dr. Hu and all the others;
- Background profiles on the madmen and terrorists Joe has fought -The Seven Kings, The Red Knights, the Jakobys, Majestic Three and more;
- Meet the allies of Joe Ledger and the DMS -Violin, Arklight, Toys, Lilith and others.
- Specs and information on weapons and technology;
- Comments from some of Mr. Church's 'Friends in the Industry;'
- Staff interviews with the members of DMS -crawl inside the heads and hearts of Mr. Church, Joe Ledger and the rest of the team;
- Get a complete list in reading order of the Joe Ledger novels, short stories, and even comic book appearances;
- Journey into the expanded Joe Ledger universe by exploring tie-ins to the Pine Deep Trilogy, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, the case files of Sam Hunter and more
The Joe Ledger Companion is the mission intel you need to roll out with the heroes of Echo Team.
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