It's favoured one moment and betrayed the next it is one minute a legion, and the next nearly annihilated - yet this is not unusual, because while the people may come on and go, there will always be a Black Company. The Company has often been betrayed in the past by its employers, and the Lady is one of the least trustworthy ones it's had, but she pays well, and the Black Company goes where it is desired, so it commits to the contract.Īs time goes by, the Company struggles to survive and recover its past as it goes from employer to employer, drifts from conflict to conflict, and sees its fortunes wax and wane. A prophecy concerned with her downfall is about to be fulfilled, and the people are rising up in anticipation of the event. The series begins as the Company reluctantly accepts the commission of a northern sorceress tyrant known as "the Lady". The series is notable for its unusual choice of protagonists in a fantasy setting: being a group of mercenaries, the Black Company does not turn down potential employers, and it prides itself on its sense of professional honour. The Black Company is a series of Dark Fantasy books by Glen Cook, and chronicles an ancient mercenary company - the titular Black Company, last of the Free Companies of Khatovar - as it plies its trade across the world and tries to find its lost roots.
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