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Bleak Seasons: Book One of the Glittering Stone (Chronicles of The Black Company) by Glen Cook is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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SUMMARY:"Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive....I am Murgen, Standard bearer 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..."So writes Murgen, seasoned veteran of the Black Company. The Company has taken the fortress of Stormgard from the evil Shadowlanders, lords of darkness from the far reaches of the earth. Now the waiting begins.Exhausted from the siege, beset by sorcery, and vastly outnumbered, the Company have risked their souls as well as their lives to hold their prize. But this is the end of an age, and great forces are at work. The ancient race known as the Nyueng Bao swear that ancient gods are stirring. the Company's commander has gone mad and flirts with the forces of darkness. Only Murgen, touched by a spell that has set his soul adrift in time, begins at last to comprehend the dark design that has made pawns of men and god alike.

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Glen Cook
Publisher
Bill
Published
1996
Language
EN
ISBN
9780312861056
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Fantasy
Rating
3.95 / 5 (5,607 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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