The White Rose

Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 3

By: Glen Cook

Narrated by: Marc Vietor

Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

She is the last hope of good in the war against the evil sorceress known as the Lady. From a secret base on the Plains of Fear, where even the Lady hesitates to go, the Black Company, once in service to the Lady, now fights to bring victory to the White Rose. But now an even greater evil threatens the world. All the great battles that have gone before will seem a skirmishes when the Dominator rises from the grave.

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the best of the bunch

these novels just got better. this one was satisfying the most. sad to see it end though.

Great story

Awesome story and naration, looking forward to the next series. The naration really brings the story to life.

An fun and exciting listen

Having listed to the 3rd installment in this book series...it was just as great as the previous two and just as AMAZING as I recalled from reading it in the past. highly recommend

A suitable conclusion

The end of the trilogy nearly jumps the shark, I actually put it down for a couple weeks at one point.

But, it rights itself and does conclude the trilogy. Worth listening through till the end.

Best book of the series so far!!!!

Already have book 4 and 5 ready to go, great fantasy novel series with pretty epic powers and characters.

good story

the timeline changes in the beginning were confusing but once the story started going it was riviting.

Excellent Conclusion to First Black Company Trilog

Raced through the final book of this trilogy. A terrific finale as all pieces come together.

Very fun

Again cook sends us straight into his world without preamble. If I could change one thing it would be to describe what some of his creatures are a bit better. Still it's a great book.

Concluding the first major arc

There is a weightiness to the events of The White Rose that make it feel like it could have been the last book in the series--albeit with a few loose ends here and there. And things have changed quite a bit from the feel of the first book-for better or worse. In a way, I much prefer the tone of the original, despite it's flaws.

It isn't that The White Rose isn't good, it's in fact very good. It's that it has moved so far from the cynical military fantasy that it was in the first and most of the second book. Starting with the end of Shadows Linger the series has shifted ever closer to the traditional epic fantasy. The characters, who used to be pretty rotten, have had most of their grit pruned out, and seem more heroic with every page. Well, maybe that's just character development. Croaker has also become increasingly important, and the Lady's interest in him has only increased over the years.

Perspective shifting continues in Shadows Linger, which this time around give us some much wanted insight into the back story of the Lady and her empire. In fact, the most interesting part of the book this time around are the messages containing the decoded history of the wizard Bowmanz.

Other than all that, there's more fun antics with One-Eye and Goblin, some interesting but strange new creatures and characters, and ship-baiting galore between Croaker and you know who. Oh and the continued deconstruction of Raven is always so very tickling.

Not much new to be said about the performance. Marc Vietor is still the perfect Croaker. Enjoy his narration while it lasts.

well worth the listen

story is good and narrator does a good job. certainly does the BC justice and wraps up the first three stories very well.