by Glen Cook
First published 2000
After a failed coup, the wizards of the Black Company flee their home. Now hunted fugitives, they seek refuge in the north, where they must confront the brutal Shadowmasters and their merciless empire. As the Company's surviving brothers-in-arms navigate a treacherous landscape of shifting allegiances, they must decide whether to surrender or risk everything to reclaim their freedom.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, fantasy, action
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, shifting-allegiances
Setting: Black Company, North
Period: 20th-century
784 pages · Paperback · Tor Books
Content warnings: violence