Bleak Seasons
Published on 4. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-0359-2981-8 (ISBN)
Description
From international bestseller Glen Cook, comes the seventh book in the chronicles of the Black Company - the series that forever changed the face of fantasy.
Standardbearer and reluctant Annalist Murgen knows they are running out of time.
The Black Company has seized the fortress of Stormgard - but victory has only brought new dangers. Now besieged, starving, and surrounded by the Shadowlanders, the Company faces destruction
both from within and without.
As the siege intensifies and the brotherhood teeters on the brink of collapse, commanders and soldiers
alike vie for power. Meanwhile, Murgen finds himself slipping violently through time, forced to relive past horrors even as his present unravels...
Standardbearer and reluctant Annalist Murgen knows they are running out of time.
The Black Company has seized the fortress of Stormgard - but victory has only brought new dangers. Now besieged, starving, and surrounded by the Shadowlanders, the Company faces destruction
both from within and without.
As the siege intensifies and the brotherhood teeters on the brink of collapse, commanders and soldiers
alike vie for power. Meanwhile, Murgen finds himself slipping violently through time, forced to relive past horrors even as his present unravels...
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-0359-2981-8 (9781035929818)
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Glen Cook grew up in northern California, served in the U.S. Navy, attended the University of Missouri, and was one of the earliest graduates of the well-known Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop. Since 1971 he has published a large number of Science Fiction and fantasy novels, including the occult-detective 'Garrett' novels, and the very popular 'Black Company' sequence that began with the publication of The Black Company in 1984. After working many years for General Motors, Cook now writes full-time. He lives near St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Carol.