Port of shadows black company5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() However, Croaker doesn’t trust any of the Taken, especially not ones that look so much like The Lady and her sister. What always set the Black Company books apart is how grounded they are, and Port of Shadows continues that streakeven if it’s a mode of storytelling oft-imitated by many authors who were influenced by Cook’s novels. Now, he and the company are being asked to seek the aid of their newest member, Mischievous Rain, to break a rebel army. The one person who was taken into The Lady’s Tower and returned unchanged has earned the special interest of the court of sorcerers known as The Ten Who Were Taken. I found myself forcing through it, just waiting for the plot to progress, but it never really does. Without the greater context of what happens to the Black Company and its many members you will not get this sentiment. But being “The Lady’s favored” is attracting the wrong kind of attention and has put a target on their backs, and the Company’s historian, Croaker, has the biggest target of all. Port of Shadows works well as a return to the original cast of characters and feels like reminiscing over the good ole days. The soldiers of the Black Company don’t ask questions, they get paid. ![]() ![]() Port of Shadows is the newest dark fantasy audiobook in Glen Cook's esteemed Chronicles of the Black Company series. Listen to an excerpt of Glen Cook's PORT OF SHADOWS audiobook, read by Brian Troxell. Port of Shadows After the Black Company captured Tides Elba, a young woman with significant magic potential who had been training as a priestess in Aloe s Temple of Occupoa, she was transported by the Limper to Charm. ![]()
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