![]() ![]() It’s fairly high Fantasy, yet due in part to the perspective, it often feels like grounded, down to earth stuff. Ancient, villainous wizards, flying carpets, chosen-one prophecies, and more. The world it takes place in is definitely fully into the Fantasy paradigm. ![]() Each chapter tells a different story, though an overall arc builds across the whole book. Someone mentioned that it read like a Fantasy version of the Vietnam War, and I can see where they’re coming from. Plenty of colorful characters join the tale, as the Company experiences highs and lows. What follows are various postings and assignments, as the narrator (known as Croaker) tries to stay alive and sometimes tries to be the conscience for a bunch of heartless bastards. They end up signing on with a dubious benefactor who turns out to be more than just sketchy, (s)he turns out to be downright evil. ![]() The mercenary group, the titular Black Company, has a long and storied history, but has fallen on bad times. The conceit of the book is that the narrator is a medic for a mercenary unit and also its chronicler-historian. I found a copy of Chronicles of the Black Company, which collects the first three books in the series, so here I go. It was D&D YouTuber Matt Colville (author of Priest), who talked up the books enough to finally make me give ‘em a read. I’ve mentioned before that Fantasy isn’t my genre, so it’s no surprise I never read this. ![]()
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