Shadow Games
by Glen Cook
Synopsis
After a devastating battle at the Tower of Charm, Croaker now leads the greatly diminished Black Company on a desperate journey south. Their perilous quest is to recover the lost Annals, ancient records detailing the Company's grim history. But to return them, they must reach Khatovar, a legendary city thousands of miles away that may exist only inโฆ After a devastating battle at the Tower of Charm, Croaker now leads the greatly diminished Black Company on a desperate journey south. Their perilous quest is to recover the lost Annals, ancient records detailing the Company's grim history. But to return them, they must reach Khatovar, a legendary city thousands of miles away that may exist only in mythโthe fabled origin of the first Free Companies. Hounded by relentless enemies and battling unforgiving lands, this hardened band of morally grey mercenaries must endure impossible odds to reclaim their past, or be forever lost to the annals of history themselves.
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