The Silver Spike

Chronicles of the Black Company

By: Glen Cook

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 11 hrs

Publisher's summary

....embedded in the trunk of the scion of the godtree, it contains the essence of the maddest of the Ten Who Were Taken...The Dominator.

Defeated by the Lady and cast from this world, all that was left of him was a foul trace of lingering evil. But the graveyard that was once the Barrowland contains more secrets than dead. All who would possess the power of the Dominator are drawn to the spike. A foolhardy band of thieves is the first to reach it, and a rapacious and malign spirit is unleashed on an unwary world. The forces gather, sides are drawn, and mortal men can only die as the Dark Lords battle for domination.

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©1989 Glen Cook (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Angst and glory

I’d forgotten how painful this book was when I first read it thirty years ago. It says it’s a standalone, but I don’t see how you really understand what the Black Company has been through without it. Plus, Toadkiller Dog is a great character.

The narrator’s voice is a dream and his voice-acting skills are among the best I’ve heard. Since he’s not speaking from Croaker’s pov, it blends beautifully with the first books.

What follows in the next paragraph is kind of a spoiler. I won’t give it away completely, but stop here if you don’t want to know anything at all before you read this one.

This book broke my heart with so much character loneliness and death, including that of a man whose whole life had been loneliness and death. If you know the Black Company, you know who it is. Damn you, Glen Cook, for making me feel that one so much, I cried into my pillow.

Good book

Great series . Glen Cook writes fantasy with realism. Audible has had two great speakers perform this series with extreme talent

Great book!

I loved the performance of this great book!
The story is really well written, especially if The Black Company has already been read.

perfect

oh I wished the book wouldn't end. What a story. The Limper! Sheesh, I'm down to just the last sequel yet to be released. (Hope it's not the last Glen, Plz keep them coming.,)

Great spinoff book

First of all, I like Mr. Davis way more as Case than as Murgen. Even though he eventually comes into the latter role, his performance in this book is solid from the very start. Secondly, I didn't notice this book at first, and finished the whole main series before coming back to this. I was not disappointed. Another great story from Glen Cook, and one that satisfies my wonder for what was going on in the north as the Company headed south.

it's a story

I'm assuming you've gone through the first 3 books. with that in mind it's a good story that wraps up the Darling story line from what I can tell (I have gotten to the rest of the main story yet). I'd recommend you give it a go even though it isn't main story. with that all in mind I'm a bit sad that Darlings story ended in a side novel that is easily missed.

Liked the old narrator

I never thought the narrator mattered that much. I really liked the old one and I just can’t get into it without him.

Awesome.

The only way I can describe this series, the only way to do it justice, to give you a sense of the scope of the story is this: it's like reading a Vietnam War story set in a world of fantasy.

Different form the others so far but in a good way

General surprised by the shift in nairator and the prospective of the story teller. Took a couple of chapters to get into it and used to it but it's still a dam good black company story. If you into the series and this one feel a little too different just keep reading its worth you time.

Matthew McConaughey reads a crazy story

Audiobook narrarator reminded me of Matthew McConaughey, with a bit of a drawl, and unique voices.

Fun, exciting story. A bit crazy. Picks up kinda slow, with different characters, where the previous trilogy ended.