Dreams of Steel
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Dreams of Steel is the fifth novel in Glen Cook
's ongoing series, The Black Company
. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy
as it follows an elite mercenary
unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history.
Glen Cook
Glen Cook is a contemporary American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his fantasy series, The Black Company. Cook currently resides in St. Louis, Missouri.-Biography:...
's ongoing series, The Black Company
The Black Company
The Black Company is a series of fantasy novels by author Glen Cook. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history.- The Books of the North:#The...
. The series combines elements of epic fantasy and dark fantasy
Dark fantasy
Dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a pronounced horror element.-Overview:A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L...
as it follows an elite mercenary
Mercenary
A mercenary, is a person who takes part in an armed conflict based on the promise of material compensation rather than having a direct interest in, or a legal obligation to, the conflict itself. A non-conscript professional member of a regular army is not considered to be a mercenary although he...
unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history.
The Black Company
- Lady - a once-powerful ruler of the Empire of The North, now the new leader and annalist for The Black Company
- Croaker - the Company's former Captain, now under the thrall of Soulcatcher
Taglians and Cohorts
- Prahbrindrah Drah - crown prince of Taglios
- Smoke - Sorcerer of Middling powers, who works for Prahbrindrah Drah
- Radisha Drah - sister of the Prahbrindrah Drah
- Willow Swan - originally from the town of Roses, travels to Taglios with his friend Cordy Mather. Becomes a military advisor to the Prahbrindrah Drah
- Cordwood "Cordy" Mather - friend of Willow Swans, also part of the Drahs' military maneuvers
- Blade - dangerous man saved from crocodiles by Willow and Cordy, now accompanies them wherever they go
Sorcerers
- Soulcatcher - thought to have been killed, returns to seek revenge on her sister Lady
- Longshadow - enigmatic shadowmaster that seeks to capture Lady
- Howler - one of the original Taken, lured from his swampy domain to aid Longshadow