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The Many Deaths of the Black Company

by Glen Cook

GrimdarkDark FantasyWar Fantasy
Published 2010 Pages 789 ~13h Rating โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜… 4.30 Audience Adult Heat ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ Pacing Mixed Magic Soft
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Darkness Level 5 โ€” Brutal
Extreme violence and suffering, no mercy

Synopsis

"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 โ€ฆ

Tropes

Anti-HeroFound FamilyRedemption ArcDying EmpireWar Between Kingdoms

Tone

GrimdarkDark & SeriousEpic

Content Warnings

graphic-violenceabusetorturewarslaverypsychological-trauma

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