Bücher von Glen Cook

"Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive. . . "I am Murgen, Standardbearer of the Black Company, though I bear the shame of having lost that standard in battle. I am keeping these Annals because Croaker is dead, One-Eye won't, and hardly anyone else can read or write. I will be your guide for however long it takes the Shadowlanders to force our present predicament to its inevitable end. . ."The Return of the Black Company comprises the novels Bleak Seasons and She is the Darkness-the third omnibus volume of Glen Cook's fantasy epic Chronicles of the Black Company.

The first three books in a classic urban fantasy series. Garrett is a private investigator with a diverse clientele-from damsels in distress to elves, trolls, and sorcerers. Together for the first time are the first three books in the long-running, groundbreaking series: In Sweet Silver Blues, Garrett fights vampires and centaurs as he tracks down a woman with a fortune. In Bitter Gold Hearts, Garrett is hired by a powerful sorcerer to find her kidnapped son. In Cold Copper Tears, Garrett takes a case for a woman so gorgeous it can only spell trouble.

Garrett is a private investigator who always gets his man-or elf, troll, or sorcerer. In the magical city of TunFaire, he's the first name in paranormal detection. Garrett Takes the Case collects three of his adventures in one volume.In Old Tin Sorrows, Garrett is hired to figure out if someone is poisoning a wealthy, retired General, but quickly finds that the man's employees are dying off at a far faster rate; in Dread Brass Shadows, a trio of redheads plunge Garrett straight into the chase for The Book of Shadows, a sorceror's tome holding secrets no mortal was ever meant to master; and in Red Iron Nights, Garrett is hired to track down a serial killer who's preying on the high born young ladies of TunFaire.

It's cold. The wells of power are weakening and the forces of Night grow strong. The gods are real, and still have some power, mostly to do harm. The Instrumentalities of the Night are the worst of these.Piper Hecht, born Else Tage, survived a battle with the Instrumentalities. Now he's Captain-General of the armies fighting a crusade for Patriarch Sublime V. Intrigues swirl around the throne of the Grail Empire, as the imperial family's enemy Anne of Menand raises money to help the perpetually indebted Patriarch finance his crusades. To reduce his own vulnerability, sickly young Emperor Lothar assigns his two half-sisters-his immediate heirs-to their own realms.Now Piper Hecht learns that the legendary sorcerer Cloven Februaren, referred to as the Ninth Unknown, is still alive, more than 100 years old, and on Piper's side. As the dynastic politics of the Empire become even more convoluted, it's clear that while the old gods may be fading, they're determined to do everything they can to bend the doings of men to their own advantage.Sieges, explosions, betrayals, Anti-Patriarchs, and suspicious deaths will ensue as the great chess game plays itself out, with Piper Hecht at the center of it all...In Lord of the Silent Kingdom, Glen Cook has created a complex and original sequel to The Tyranny of the Night, continuing this intriguing fantasy epic.

Drohende Schatten ...Nach der verheerenden Schlacht am Tower of Charm führt Croaker die letzten Überlebenden der Schwarzen Kompanie auf einem gefahrvollen Weg in Richtung Süden. Mit letzter Kraft hoffen sie die geheimnisvolle Stadt Khatovar zu erreichen. Auf ihrem Weg treffen sie auf neue Verbündete. Viele Kämpfer schließen sich ihnen an. Doch ihr Schicksal ist ungewiss, denn es zieht bereits eine neue Gefahr herauf. Der Herrscher der Schattenlande ist erwacht und ein neuer Krieg steht kurz bevor.Zwischen den Fronten lauern Verschwörung und Verrat, und was auch immer auf der anderen Seite der Schattenlande wartet, scheint es wert zu sein, die Wahrheit zu verschweigen ...Das erste Buch des Südens Vierter Band der Dark Fantasy Reihe "Die Schwarzen Kompanie" von Glen Cook