- Soldiers Live
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name = Soldiers Live
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author =Glen Cook
cover_artist = Nicholas Jainschigg
country =United States
language = English
series =The Black Company
genre =Epic fantasy ,Dark fantasy
publisher = Tor Fantasy
release_date = July 2000
media_type = Print (Paperback )
pages = 566
isbn = ISBN 0-8125-6655-6
preceded_by =Water Sleeps
followed_by ="Soldiers Live" is the ninth novel in
Glen Cook 's ongoing series,The Black Company . The series combines elements ofepic fantasy anddark fantasy as it follows an elitemercenary unit, The Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximately four hundred year history.Plot summary
In this climatic conclusion to the "Glittering Stone" cycle in the Black Company series, Croaker is military dictator of all the Taglias, and no Black Company member has died in battle for four years. But with the Company's old adversaries around, who hope to bring about the apocalyptic Year of the Skulls, the Company is brought to the edge of the apocalypse.
Characters in "Soldiers Live"
CroakerLadySleepyToboShukratArkanaThe Daughter of the Night (Booboo)Goblin (sort of)Shivetya (the demon)
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