Shadow Games
core novel 1989 The Chronicles of the Black Company
Record
| First published | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (13,505 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 311 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0812533828 |
Synopsis
Shadow Games follows the diminished Black Company as it travels south from the Tower at Charm through Opal and Gea-Xle toward the Shadowlands, still led by Croaker as captain and annalist alongside the now-mortal former sorceress the Lady, wizards Goblin and One-Eye, and veterans Otto and Hagop. Their goal is Khatovar, the long-lost birthplace of the Free Companies and the Black Company's own point of origin, a quest that has driven them since the loss of most of their comrades. The road south instead leads them into the orbit of Taglios, a city under threat from the Shadowmasters, sorcerers whose power has made them the region's dominant menace.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chronicles of the Black Company
- Series: The Books of the South core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Glen Cook
Notes
- From the series record (The Books of the South): Includes The Silver Spike (spin-off).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Books of the South: position 2 of 3: previous The Silver Spike (1989) · next Dreams of Steel (1990)
Sources
← The Chronicles of the Black Company dossier · All universes
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