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  • The Black Company

  • Chronicles of The Black Company, Book 1
  • By: Glen Cook
  • Narrated by: Marc Vietor
  • Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (6,303 ratings)

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The Black Company

By: Glen Cook
Narrated by: Marc Vietor
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Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten 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....

©1984 Glen Cook (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

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Great series. Great Narrative.

This is one of my favorite series. 4 listen throughs in 2 years. Highly recommended!

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Not your typical novel

The book was good, but not what I expected. It is essentially a reading of annals. Once you get used to that it is quite interesting.

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Nice pace, and enjoyed the different approach compared to other high fantasy.

I enjoyed the difference in PoV narration of the main character as compared to other series. The gray morality of the series, thus far, is a nice change.

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very enjoyable

I love how this is written, and the perspective of being written from the doctor or the company gives a fresh take on a genre I love.

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Now this is storytelling

Truly, an undying classic. I am grateful to have experienced this fantastic tale. Don’t sleep on this one because of when it was published, I can only hope fantasy could be written like this in the future.

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holy shit

its Cormac McCarthy running a D&D campaign. The Blood Meridian of fantasy books. Headed to the next book now

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fun

pretty good story just hard to follow along with the way the writer explains the story.

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A fun, fast paced dark-fantasy roller coaster

If you enjoy fantasy novels but find some of their pacing meandering or sluggish in sections....this is the book for you!
The perfect pacing change-up!
Incredibly imaginative creatures, solid characters, and you’re thrown right into the thick of it. This novel takes off, and I found myself flying through it faster than any others recently, bring on the next book in the series

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Holds up well for its age.

I predicted a lot of the plot as it rolled into view, instead of frustration with the predictability I felt smart for seeing things coming. Weird that.

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Picks up steam

Story: I was bored for the first 50%, almost dropped it at 60%, and became a lot more interested in 70%. Glad I kept listening, might actually read the second now!

performance: a lot of people complain about the narrator having long pauses. I listened to the book at 1.5x speed and thought it was just fine

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