The Silver Spike
core novel 1989 The Chronicles of the Black Company
Record
| First published | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.96 (9,773 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 313 |
| First-edition ISBN | 0812502205 |
Synopsis
The Silver Spike, set apart from the Company's own ongoing chronicle, opens after the group has splintered and former members have gone their separate ways following earlier upheavals in the north. Its central concern is the Dominator, a wizard of such power that he could not be killed outright, whose malevolent essence was instead sealed inside an artifact called the silver spike. Three factions converge on this prize: a band of opportunistic spike hunters led by Tully and Smeds Stahl, alongside Old Man Fish and Timmy Locan; the White Rose rebellion, led by Darling and including the wizard Silent and the aged Bomanz, former Company associates; and agents of the Northern Empire, among them Brigadier Wildbrand and imperial wizards, all seeking to seize or destroy the spike before its dormant evil can be unleashed again.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Chronicles of the Black Company
- Series: The Books of the South core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Glen Cook
Notes
- Spin-off following former Company members; grouped with the Books of the South.
- 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 1 of 3: next Shadow Games (1989)
Sources
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