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Highlights
- One of the greatest fantasy epics of our age continues in Water Sleeps, the ninth installment of Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company.
- About the Author: Born in 1944, Glen Cook grew up in northern California, served in the U.S. Navy, attended the University of Missouri, and was one of the earliest graduates of the well-known "Clarion" workshop SF writers.
- 464 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Fantasy
- Series Name: Chronicles of the Black Company
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About the Book
Cook brings the latest cycle of the Black Company saga to a major climax, as disaster survivors regroup in Taglios and set out to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. They arrive just in time for a magical conflagration that will reveal the bones of the world and the history of the Company.Book Synopsis
One of the greatest fantasy epics of our age continues in Water Sleeps, the ninth installment of Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company.
Regrouping in Taglios, the surviving members of the Black Company are determined to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. Journey 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.From the Back Cover
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 worlds gained and lost . . . all at a terrible price.Wry, tough-minded, brilliantly imagined, and told with enormous flair, Water Sleeps is Glen Cook at the top of his game.
Review Quotes
"Cook's singular talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge....Highly recommended." --Library Journal
"Compelling...Holds to the...standards of previous volumes." --Publishers Weekly
Cook's singular talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge....Highly recommended. Library Journal
Compelling...Holds to the...standards of previous volumes. Publishers Weekly
"Cook's singular talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge....Highly recommended. "Library Journal"
Compelling...Holds to the...standards of previous volumes. "Publishers Weekly""
"Cook's singular talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge....Highly recommended."--"Library Journal "
"Compelling...Holds to the...standards of previous volumes."--"Publishers Weekly"
About the Author
Born in 1944, Glen Cook grew up in northern California, served in the U.S. Navy, attended the University of Missouri, and was one of the earliest graduates of the well-known "Clarion" workshop SF writers. Since 1971 he has published a large number of SF and fantasy novels, including the "Dread Empire" series, the occult-detective "Garrett" novels, and the very popular "Black Company" sequence that began with the publication of The Black Company in 1984. Among his SF novels is A Passage at Arms.
After working many years for General Motors, Cook now writes full-time. He lives near St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Carol.
