Shadows Linger
core novel 1984 The Chronicles of the Black Company
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.18 (22,332 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 319 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780812533729 |
Synopsis
Shadows Linger, the second novel of the Chronicles, follows the Black Company as most of the unit marches toward the Barrowland while a smaller detachment under Croaker is posted to the port city of Juniper to investigate a mysterious black castle that seems linked to the imprisoned Dominator, the Lady's former husband, and that is growing in a way no one can explain. There Company doctor and chronicler Croaker discovers that a deserter named Raven is sheltering a mute young girl, Darling, who turns out to carry a dangerous secret: she may be the reincarnation of the White Rose, a legendary rebel figure whose identity could doom the Company if the Lady ever learns of it. Raven's entanglement with a debt-ridden innkeeper named Marron Shed, and the castle's unnatural growth, add further threads of danger to Juniper as the wider empire's war continues elsewhere.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chronicles of the Black Company
- Series: The Books of the North core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Glen Cook
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 North: position 2 of 3: previous The Black Company (1984) · next The White Rose (1985)
Sources
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