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Glen Cook

    9 juillet 1944

    Glen Cook est surtout connu pour sa série 'La Compagnie noire', traduite dans plus de 20 langues. Son œuvre se caractérise par un réalisme âpre et des personnages complexes qui luttent souvent dans des mondes sombres et moralement ambigus. Cook se concentre sur la représentation des horreurs de la guerre et de la survie dans des circonstances impitoyables. Son style est direct et percutant, plongeant profondément le lecteur dans l'atmosphère de ses récits.

    Glen Cook
    Lord of the Silent Kingdom
    The Books of the South. Tales of the Black Company
    Garrett Takes the Case: Old Tin Sorrows/Dread Brass Shadows/Red Iron Nights
    MANY DEATHS OF THE BLACK COMPANY
    The Return of the Black Company
    Garrett Investigates
    • Garrett Investigates

      • 998pages
      • 35 heures de lecture
      4,3(185)Évaluer

      Set in the magical city of TunFaire, the story follows Garrett, a hardboiled human private investigator navigating a world filled with elves, trolls, and other fantastical beings. This collection features three novels from Glen Cook's acclaimed urban fantasy series, showcasing a blend of gritty detective work and enchanting elements. The series is praised for its unique take on the fantasy noir genre, highlighting Garrett's distinctive perspective in a vibrant, otherworldly setting.

      Garrett Investigates
    • The Return of the Black Company

      • 672pages
      • 24 heures de lecture
      4,3(5468)Évaluer

      She is the darkness: Croaker, Lady, Murgen the annalist, the sorcerer One-Eye, and their fellow mercenary warriors in the hire of the city of Taglia discover their situation is not what it seems.

      The Return of the Black Company
    • The fourth and final omnibus of novels from Cook's Black Company series, thiscollection includes "Water Sleeps" and "Soldiers Live."

      MANY DEATHS OF THE BLACK COMPANY
    • 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.

      Garrett Takes the Case: Old Tin Sorrows/Dread Brass Shadows/Red Iron Nights
    • Lord of the Silent Kingdom

      • 494pages
      • 18 heures de lecture
      4,3(17)Évaluer

      In a world where the cold intensifies and the wells of power diminish, the forces of Night become increasingly formidable. The existence of gods is undeniable, yet their influence is largely malevolent. Among these dark entities, the Instrumentalities of the Night pose the greatest threat, as they wield significant power to inflict harm. The struggle against these ominous forces sets the stage for a gripping narrative filled with tension and danger.

      Lord of the Silent Kingdom
    • Shadows Linger

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture
      4,2(202)Évaluer

      Mercenary soldiers in the service of the Lady, the Black Company stands against the rebels of the White Rose. They are tough men, proud of honoring their contracts, even though the Lady is evil. They rescue a mute girl who is the White Rose reborn and discover a path to the light--if they survive.

      Shadows Linger
    • At long last, the conclusion to Glen Cook's Dread Empire saga has arrived! King Bragi Ragnarson is a prisoner, shamed, nameless, and held captive by Lord Shih-kaa and the Empress Mist at the heart of the Dread Empire. Far away in Kavelin, Bragia's queen and what remains of his army seek to find and free their king, hampered by the loss or desertion of their best and brightest warriors. Kavelina's spymaster, Michael Trebilcock, is missing in action, as is loyal soldier Aral Dantice.Meanwhile, Dane, Duke of Greyfells, seeks to seize the rule of Kavelin and place the kingdom in his pocket, beginning a new line of succession through Bragia's queen, Dane's cousin Inger. And in the highest peaks of the Dragona's Teeth, in the ancient castle Fangdred, the sorcerer called Varthlokkur uses his arts to spy on the world at large, observing the puppet strings that control kings and empires alike, waiting....For the time of the wrath of kings is almost at hand, and vengeance lies along a path to coldness of heart.

      A Path to Coldness of Heart