This is a final book, no doubt about it, and it has a noticeably slower, more dignified pace than previous installments. But don’t think Cook would ever stoop to cloyingly sweet salutations and soothing platitudes of “happily ever after”. There are almost none of the old guard left, and whoever lives still, bruised and battered and exhausted by the constant struggle, has not much time left.Īs we have lived with them through thick and thin, through their bitter defeats and elating victories, their slow demise feels somehow deeply personal. And the crucial change is, obviously, its people. It still goes on, united by a common dream, but in nearly forty years of its history told by Cook over the course of nine books it has changed so profoundly it’s hardly recognizable for what it once was. What remains – a wound, a bruise, a slowly healing scratch – whatever the case, it’s a sign that reality won despite our best efforts of will 😉Īnd so it is for the Black Company. Over time this book came to resemble a tender spot one only gingerly agrees to touch, for it is a reminder of a past encounter with unyielding reality. Mostly, I think, because Soldiers Live is an elegy to Black Company so heartfelt and bittersweet and true – to its own history, sentiments, internal logic and the author’s worldview – that I found the necessary return to it surprisingly tasking. I’ve read it over a year ago, but somehow couldn’t force myself to write down a review. Soldiers Live is the final installment in Glen Cook’s Black Company series. Urn:oclc:865175324 Republisher_date 20180106160531 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 998 Scandate 20180105100939 Scanner Scanningcenter hongkong Tts_version v1.Series: The Chronicles of the Black Company

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