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BLACK COMPANY (Mass Market Paperback)

de Glen Cook (Author) "There were prodigies and portents enough, One-Eye says ..." En savoir plus
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The tough mercenaries of the Black Company risk their lives and their souls as they set out to find the White Rose, a mystical figure who embodies the very essence of good. Reissue. This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Excellent. The best book in the best series of its type!, Mai 30 2004
The Black Company, the last of the 5 companies which started out from mythical Khatovar, is also the title of the 1st book in this series which ably melds gritty realism and high fantasy.

This book introduces us to Croaker, surgeon, soldier and annalist of the BLACK COMPANY. Being used as bodyguards to defend the hated syndic against his own people and the vorfalaka (were-leopard) terrorizing the city, they are paid a visit by Soultaker the sorceress, legate of a powerful nearby empire. Faced with a no-win situation, the company takes service with the powerful legate in the combat with the rebel forces of the WHITE ROSE.

Questions of moral philosophy abound. The Lady, ruler of the Empire is ruthless and beautiful, yet with sudden impulses of sympathy. Wife of an even darker and more horrible being, the Dominator, the Lady managed to escape while leaving her old husband imprisoned in a living death (of sorts). Soultaker, their patron appears much more patient than many of her fellows among the TEN WHO WERE TAKEN (despite the possibility of becoming the Company's greatest enemy) and treats them much more as equals. The rebel force of the WHITE ROSE, committed to fighting the "evil" Lady, are every bit as ruthless and bloodthirsty as their adversaries. And the evil Lady, taken with Croaker's fantasies about her, becomes protective toward him and is willing to risk life and power to prevent the rise of the twisted Dominator.

Never has the boundary between good and evil been easier to cross or harder to define for the Black Company - or the reader. A dark, yet realistically gritty tale heavily borrowing from eastern mythologies, this is well worth reading by anyone who is willing to accept that rather than everything being black or white, there is a lot of gray in the world.

If you haven't already done so, buy it now!

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1.0étoiles sur 5 Inconsistent and Intentionally Silly, Avril 1 2004
Par Silas Traitor (The South, United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
A company of rough-cut mercenaries is commissioned by a foreign warrior-wizard to squash a rebellion across the sea.

The Black Company couldn't decide whether it wanted to be serious or just funny. On one hand, there was blood, gore, rape and murder - on the other were words like 'gobbledegook!' and ridiculous wizard antics. Curse those wizards! At least once every chapter the Company's three spellcasters took a page or three to have a cutesy little wizard fight. They were like the singing, dancing sidekicks in a Disney movie.

Then Cook starts the book over on chapter three, reintroducing characters that had already been introduced while explaining things we already know. Reading the copyright page, one learns that the third chapter was published in a magazine a few years before the book release. That's fine and good, but more care needed to be applied to its integration.

By far the worst flaw was the inconsistent use of magic. There were giant wizard battles, where thousands upon thousands die, yet for some reason these same wizards (in another chapter) need to enlist the aid of common soldiers to kill just one person. That's careless writing.

All in all, a waste.

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4.0étoiles sur 5 Great series... different than the normal epic fantasy, Janv. 23 2004
Par Christopher Nash "Fantasy Fanatic" (Whiteman AFB MO) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This is the first installment of a series of Black Company novels and it also happens to be the best. Cook easily conveys a 'you are there' sense of first-person realism that eludes so many of today's fantasy authors. He is content to weave a masterful, fast-paced, and addictive plot--one driven by deep character developement and rich, flavorfull dialogue--and leaves mundane descriptions of the local flora and fauna to the readers imagination. Afterall, once you've seen one 'Boars Head Inn,' you really have seen them all. The bottom line? If you are looking for a Tolken-esk experience, forget it. Cook's Black Company is all about plot and action. It's a hard-boiled, pan-fried look at life in a brotherhood of mercenaries as the men strive to meet the obligations of their duty, their employers, and their stomachs, and still get out of town alive. Cook's primary villains have vast reserves of magical power at their command, but don't expect any high-brow, mumbo-jumbo approach to magic in THIS book. The mages found in 'The Black Company' are frighteningly powerful, and they wield that power with a casual brutality that underscores their no-nonsense approach to world domination. Yes, THIS IS IT fantasy fans! This is the breath of fresh air we have all been looking for! 'The Black Company' is a raw and invigorating departure from classic fantasy. It's hard, it's gritty, and once you start reading, you WILL NOT be able to stop until you have completed the entire series! Buy it now, worry about the addiction later.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 just dope
I can't belive it was the year 2002 before I found out about this game which inspired the MYTH; THE FALLEN LORDS SUPER VIDEO GAME BY BUNGIE STUDIOS

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5.0étoiles sur 5 THE series to end all series
The black company drags you into their world with characters that are both black and white. The entire series is a must read with 1-3 being the best in the whole lot. Read more
Publié le Déc 10 2003 par Saul Carrillo

5.0étoiles sur 5 A Masterpiece...
I've read this book twice now but it's difficult not to judge in the context of the entire series. The first 3 books of the Black Company series is some of the BEST fantasy I've... Read more
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Reading the series for the 3rd time now...
I am a member of the Sci-fi book club, which released the last four volumes of this series in two hardcover books. Read more
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Very Interesting
When I began reading this book, most of my comments had to do with the fact that I really had no idea what was happening, who these people where, or what in the world they were... Read more
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4.0étoiles sur 5 A Black Company in a Dark World
In The Black Company, Glen Cook has created a world of war, soldiers, treachery, and friendship. It is all so believable. Read more
Publié le Mai 17 2003 par hrladyship

5.0étoiles sur 5 The tip of the iceberg in the saga of the Company.
My first experience with Cook's writing occurred several years ago, the summer 2000 to be exact, when one of my fantasy-reading friends handed me a book called Chernaya Gvardiya... Read more
Publié le Avril 10 2003 par whowillmistake

5.0étoiles sur 5 "Epic" Fantasy without epic trees killed to print it...
Re: the header. Cook doesn't write a scene unless it's relevant to the plot. A nice change to those epics where you skim through hundreds of pages wondering if something... Read more
Publié le Avril 7 2003

5.0étoiles sur 5 Best book ever!
Cook has impressed me like no other author with the way he weaves the story and builds on his characters. Read more
Publié le Mars 18 2003 par wlpurvis

3.0étoiles sur 5 Fantasy anti-heroes that break from the normal mold
One of my favorite series as a teenager was Stephen R. Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. Read more
Publié le Janv. 26 2003 par Glen Engel Cox

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