Glen Cook

Now in trade paperback: The Tyranny of the Night is the start of a fantasy epic from Glen Cook, the creator of the Black Company, rich as history and deep as the night sky.Welcome to the world of the Instrumentalities of the Night, where imps, demons, and dark gods rule in the spaces surrounding upstart humanity. At the edges of the world stand walls of ice which push slowly forward to reclaim the land for the night. And at the world's center, in the Holy Land where two great religions were born, are the Wells of Ihrain, the source of the greatest magics. Over the last century the Patriarchs of the West have demanded crusades to claim the Wells from the Pramans, the followers of the Written. Now an uneasy truce extends between the Pramans and the West, waiting for a spark to start the conflict anew.Then, on a mission in the Holy Land, the young Praman warrior Else is attacked by a creature of the Dark--in effect, a minor god. Too ignorant to know that he can never prevail over such a thing, he fights it and wins, and in so doing, sets the terrors of the night against him.As a reward for his success, Else is sent as a spy to the heart of the Patriarchy to direct their attention away from further ventures into the Holy Lands. Dogged by hidden enemies and faithless allies, Else witnesses senseless butchery and surprising acts of faith as he penetrates to the very heart of the Patriarchy and rides alongside their armies in a new crusade against his own people. But the Night rides with him, too, sending two of its once-human agents from the far north to assassinate him.Submerged in his role, he begins to doubt his faith, his country, even his family. As his mission careens out of control, he faces unanswerable questions about his future. It is said that God will know his own, but can one who has slain gods ever know forgiveness?

The vendetta in space had started centuries before 'Mouse' Storm was born with his grandfather's raid on the planet Prefactlas, the blood bath that freed the human slaves from their Sangaree masters. But one Sangaree survived - the young Norborn heir, the man who swore vengeance on the Storm family and their soldiers, in a carefully mapped plot that would take generations to fulfill. Now Mouse's father Gneaus must fight for an El Dorado of wealth on the burning half of the planet Blackworld. As the great private armies of all space clash on the narrow Shadowline that divides inferno from life-sheltering shade, Gneaus' half- brother Michael plays his traitorous games, and a man called Death pulls the deadly strings that threaten to entrap them all - as the "Starfishers Trilogy" begins.

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark, comes The Many Deaths of The Black Company, an omnibus comprising of Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live--the fourth omnibus volume of the bestselling fantasy epic Chronicles of the Black Company, with millions of copies in print. In Water Sleeps, the surviving members of the Company regroup in Taglios, determined to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. Journeying there under terrible conditions, they arrive just in time for a magical conflagration in which the bones of the world will be revealed, the history of the Company unveiled, and new worlds gained and lost...all at a terrible price. And in Soldiers Live: No Black Company member has died in battle for four years. Croaker figures it can't last. Then a report arrives warning of an old enemy newly active. The enemy attacks them at a Shadowgate-- setting off a chain of events that will bring the Company to the edge of apocalypse and, as usual, several steps beyond. "With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy."--New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson Chronicles of The Black Company The Black Company (The First Chronicle) Shadows Linger (The Second Chronicle) The White Rose (The Third Chronicle) The Silver Spike Shadow Games (The First Book of the South) Dreams of Steel (The Second Book of the South) Bleak Seasons (Book One of Glittering Stone) She Is the Darkness (Book Two of Glittering Stone) Water Sleeps (Book Three of Glittering Stone) Soldiers Live (Book Four of Glittering Stone) Port of Shadows Lies Weeping (Book One of A Pitiless Rain) Omnibus editions: Chronicles of the Black Company (comprising The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose) The Books of the South (comprising Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike) Return of the Black Company (comprising Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness) The Many Deaths of the Black Company (comprising Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)

Riots between humans and trolls, elves, and other non-humans have plunged Tunfaire into near chaos. Garrett finds himself pulled into the game when a powerful gang of human rightists tries to shake down his employer and ends up caught in a conspiracy of hate that pits man against--everybody

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark, comes The Return of the Black Company, an omnibus comprising of Bleak Seasons and She is the Darkness--the third omnibus volume of the bestselling fantasy epic Chronicles of the Black Company, with millions of copies in print. "Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive. . . "I am Murgen, Standardbearer of the Black Company, though I bear the shame of having lost that standard in battle. I am keeping these Annals because Croaker is dead, One-Eye won't, and hardly anyone else can read or write. I will be your guide for however long it takes the Shadowlanders to force our present predicament to its inevitable end. . ." "With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy."--New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson Chronicles of The Black Company The Black Company (The First Chronicle) Shadows Linger (The Second Chronicle) The White Rose (The Third Chronicle) The Silver Spike Shadow Games (The First Book of the South) Dreams of Steel (The Second Book of the South) Bleak Seasons (Book One of Glittering Stone) She Is the Darkness (Book Two of Glittering Stone) Water Sleeps (Book Three of Glittering Stone) Soldiers Live (Book Four of Glittering Stone) Port of Shadows Lies Weeping (Book One of A Pitiless Rain) Omnibus editions: Chronicles of the Black Company (comprising The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose) The Books of the South (comprising Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike) Return of the Black Company (comprising Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness) The Many Deaths of the Black Company (comprising Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)

The series that brought grittiness to Fantasy and became a bestseller in the US finally comes to the UK

In a second omnibus of tales featuring the Black Company, the survivors of the devastating battle at the Tower of Charm are hounded by the predatory Shadowmasters throughout a risky march to the south. Original.15,000 first printing.

View our feature on Glen Cook's Cruel Zinc Melodies.Garrett uncovers the dark side of the fantasy city TunFaire, where no one is to be trusted especially beautiful women. When a pack of gorgeous women knock on his door, Garrett knows it's too good to be true. The leader of the group is Alyx Weider, the daughter of the largest brewer in town. Her father and friends are opening a new theater in TunFaire and the lovely ladies are there to persuade Garrett to help get rid of the paranormal parasites living in the new construction. Garrett agrees because after all, it means free beer and the company of these beautiful girls. What else could a man want? But Garrett doesn't realize the drama he's stepping into.

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark, comes Chronicles of the Black Company, an omnibus comprising of The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose--the first omnibus volume of the bestselling fantasy series, with millions of copies in print. Darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must. They bury their doubts with their dead. Then comes the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more... "With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy."--New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson Chronicles of The Black Company The Black Company (The First Chronicle) Shadows Linger (The Second Chronicle) The White Rose (The Third Chronicle) The Silver Spike Shadow Games (The First Book of the South) Dreams of Steel (The Second Book of the South) Bleak Seasons (Book One of Glittering Stone) She Is the Darkness (Book Two of Glittering Stone) Water Sleeps (Book Three of Glittering Stone) Soldiers Live (Book Four of Glittering Stone) Port of Shadows Lies Weeping (Book One of A Pitiless Rain) Omnibus editions: Chronicles of the Black Company (comprising The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose) The Books of the South (comprising Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike) Return of the Black Company (comprising Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness) The Many Deaths of the Black Company (comprising Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)

The Stormwarden's children have been kidnapped and Garrett, P.I. is on the case. But caught between the bewitching beauty of a half-elf and the fearsome power of a horde of ogres, Garrett has to think twice before sacrificing all for a fortune in gold-after all, even in this enchanted land, he's only human.

In a land where magic can be murder, Garret, a human detective, tries to track down the heir to a fortune in silver in a world of gnomes, centaurs, and vampires--all of whom get in his way. Original.

Tma srazhaetsja s tmoj, a Chernyj Otrjad kochuet iz strany v stranu i nanimaetsja k tem, kto gotov platit - khot za doblestnuju bitvu, khot za krovavuju raspravu. V tselom mire ne syschetsja ravnykh etim surovym, zakalennym voinam, privykshim svoi somnenija khoronit vmeste so svoimi pavshimi bratjami. Uzhe ne schest, kotoryj raz oni smenili khozjaina. Teper ikh v boj posylaet chudovischnaja Gospozha, a v podruchnykh u nee samye moguschestvennye kolduny - Desjat Vzjatykh. No silny i vragi, podnjavshie mjatezh protiv Gospozhi. Ikh vojska neischislimy, i oni verjat, chto sbyvaetsja drevnee prorochestvo: gde-to uzhe rodilas Belaja Roza, kotoraja privedet ikh k pobede.

Regrouping in Taglios, the surviving members of the Black Company are determined to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. Journeying there under terrible conditions, they arrive just in time for a magical conflagration in which the bones of the world will be revealed, the history of the Company unveiled, and new world gained and lost...all at a terrible price. One of the greatest fantasy epics of our age continues in this ninth installment of Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company.