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A review by sab754
The Return of the Black Company by Glen Cook
4.0
STARTED SEPTEMBER 7 2021, FINISHED SEPTEMBER 19 2021.
Like every Black Company book I've reviewed, a slow start.
But once you get into it...
I remark at how full the world fills now compared to the first 'trilogy' - those times when the Company was in service to (or fighting against) The Lady.
Now, the Lady's married to Croaker (aka The Old Man aka the Captain), only Goblin and One-Eye are around (if at all present), we've got a new Annalist in the form of Murgen who, as it turns out, can ghostwalk and leave his body to do some scouting.
When you present those elements on paper it sounds almost ridiculous...using an old wizard to scout around and stay updated on everything that's happening, all the flashbacks & time skips that poor Murgen has to go through...
But, I think it really works. Very keen - and also sad - about getting up to the final omnibus (I'm aware there's meant to be another book coming out, but, it probably won't be arriving for a while.)
Like every Black Company book I've reviewed, a slow start.
But once you get into it...
I remark at how full the world fills now compared to the first 'trilogy' - those times when the Company was in service to (or fighting against) The Lady.
Now, the Lady's married to Croaker (aka The Old Man aka the Captain), only Goblin and One-Eye are around (if at all present), we've got a new Annalist in the form of Murgen who, as it turns out, can ghostwalk and leave his body to do some scouting.
When you present those elements on paper it sounds almost ridiculous...using an old wizard to scout around and stay updated on everything that's happening, all the flashbacks & time skips that poor Murgen has to go through...
But, I think it really works. Very keen - and also sad - about getting up to the final omnibus (I'm aware there's meant to be another book coming out, but, it probably won't be arriving for a while.)