She Is the Darkness
core novel 1997 The Chronicles of the Black Company
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.10 (9,467 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 470 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0812555333 |
Synopsis
She Is the Darkness continues directly from Bleak Seasons as the Black Company and its allied army push through a mountain pass toward the city of Overlook, moving to confront the sorcerer Longshadow, his ally the Howler, and the renegade Nar commander Mogaba in the looming battle for the city. Murgen, the Company's Annalist, retains his unusual and disorienting ability to perceive events unfolding across time, which lets him gather a far broader account of the campaign than any single vantage point would allow, while Croaker, still called the Old Man by his troops, must read and counter the moves of enemies advancing on several fronts simultaneously. The Company's march toward Overlook brings mounting complexity and action as multiple hostile forces converge, testing both the army's cohesion and Croaker's ability to anticipate threats before they strike.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chronicles of the Black Company
- Series: Glittering Stone core; position 2 of 4 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 Glittering Stone: position 2 of 4: previous Bleak Seasons (1996) · next Water Sleeps (1999)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Company
- https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/Glen-Cook/She-is-the-Darkness.html
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