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Port of Shadows
- A Novel of the Black Company
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Series: Black Company
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 09-11-18
- Language: English
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $40.59
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Publisher's Summary
Port of Shadows is the newest dark fantasy audiobook in Glen Cook's esteemed Chronicles of the Black Company series.
The father of Grimdark returns....
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 who look so much like the lady and her sister....
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- MEDINA RAF
- 09-13-18
No disrespect but I personally prefer Marc Vietor
I'm just here to piss and moan about the narrator. Ostensibly the reason Marc was not casted for this project was because of the change in publishing- Audible V. Macmillan. The new narrator gives the story a feeling of Black Company fanfiction. I started following the Black Company after book three of the Malazan series when they replaced Ralph Lister with Michael Paige and this juxtaposition is just as jarring. Paige is phenomenal in the Lies of Locke Lamora, as I'm sure Troxell is in other series, but this ain't it chief.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful
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- B. Link
- 09-20-18
Lacking
The Black Company series is one of my favorites; right up there with Tolkien imho. This one fell short. Too few tricks. Too few tactics. Not enough grit. The humor was off. It just didn't feel like I was a member of the Company. Add to that a completely different narrator, and it just wasn't there. The redeeming quality? The epilogue. I like the was the story was "discovered." I hope more turn up, but are more like the originals.
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- Lee
- 09-18-18
fanfiction...
This book didn't have any of the same feel as the others and seemed like fanfiction.
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- Steven Lee Trinidad
- ARKANSAS
- 11-15-18
Another Great Story
The Black Company books were all wonderful and this is a great addition to the series. It was just as grityy, funny and magical as the original series. The voice actor was fun and the story complex.
#tagsgiving and #sweepstakes, #Gritty, #Magical
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- Charles Teague (Chip)
- 11-08-18
Good Story not so Good Ending
I enjoyed the story, there is a lot going on in here and a lot of additional backstories. The same kind of creative imagination I'm used to jumping into from the other Black Company books. There is a noticeable absence of first hand accounts of the battles, but I personally did not need that to enjoy the book. I enjoyed all the new characters introduced. My only gripe is the choice the author made at the end of the story, which I dont want to spoil the ending so I won't spell it out. I understand that he was trying to shoehorn this in between the other books, but I felt that he went a little overboard with the manner that he did it. Overall, I still like the book, and think it is worth reading if ur a Black Company fan.
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- Solly
- 10-26-18
Another amazing book!!!
If you like the Black Company you’ll love this one!!!
I love all of Glenn Cook’s work!!!
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- Kindle Customer
- Columbus, OH
- 09-24-18
A Classic Tale if the Company
a great visit with old friends. Taken, Cities of the dead and a gnawing mystery.
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- Josh Raveling
- 10-02-18
Not The Same
The voice actor is taking away from the story. The story is fine but the overall performance just sucks. Croaker doesn’t sound like Croaker. Bring back Mark V. For Croaker.
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- Elise Givhan Spainhour
- 09-25-18
Like the Story but not the same
While Mr.Troxell does a good job of telling the story, it is not the same without Mark Vietor as the voice of the main character, Croaker. I have enjoyed the series over several years in both written and audio format and I find the change in voice actor detracts form my enjoyment of the story.
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- NW Florida user
- 09-14-18
Classic Cook
Interesting story sort of Black Company book 1.5.
I have enjoyed the Black Company for over 30 years. All of the books have been interesting reads.
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