The Return of the Black Company Philosophy everything is planned--from the layout

everything is planned--from the layout of the winding roads

But the danger growing just outside the door to their world is greater than anything the new friends could have imagined

Saudi Arabia

skillfully absorbing the traditions and tropes of the genre

The Return of the Black Company Philosophy everything is planned--from the layoutLet 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