She then unleashed the Taken, but betrayed the Dominator, leaving him where he was, and proceeded to resurrect the empire. She manipulated him, won her freedom, and subsequently trapped Bomanz in a quasi-undead spirit state between dimensions. Their prison was a place called the Barrowland.Īfter four centuries, the wizard Bomanz awakened the Lady during a spirit walk into the Barrowlands, in an attempt to learn from her. The best they could do was to render them unconscious and imprison them. It was overthrown by a rebellion led by the White Rose, but neither she nor the rebel wizards were strong enough to kill the Dominator, the Lady or the Taken. With his wife, the Lady, whose magical skill is second only to that of the Dominator, he founded an empire unrivaled for evil. The most potent of his victims are called the Ten Who Were Taken, or just Taken for short. The Dominator is an extremely powerful wizard who has the ability to turn his most bitter enemies into his loyal servants, even those nearly his equal in magic. Lets lay some groundwork for how the story begins. Cook drags us into the trenches, night watches, missions, and supernatural events of the Black Company. The characters are real soldiers dealing with extraordinary problems in an unforgiving world”. It doesn’t glorify war it’s just people getting on with the job.
When asked about the series’ popularity among soldiers, Cook replied: “The characters act like the guys actually behave. It has become something of a cult classic, especially among current and former members of the military. The series is described as a gritty fantasy series following an elite mercenary unit through several decades of its history. After spending time in the United States Navy, the ground work was laid for the birth of his legendary Black Company series published by Tor books. Glen Cook was born in New York City in 1944.
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