Water Sleeps - (Chronicles of the Black Company) by Glen Cook (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Cook brings the latest cycle of the Black Company saga to a major climax, as disaster survivors regroup in Taglios and set out to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. They arrive just in time for a magical conflagration that will reveal the bones of the world and the history of the Company.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>One of the greatest fantasy epics of our age continues in <i>Water Sleeps</i>, the ninth installment of Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company. </b> <p/>Regrouping in Taglios, the surviving members of the Black Company are determined to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. Journey there under terrible conditions, they arrive just in time for a magical conflagration in which the bones of the world will be revealed, the history of the Company unveiled, and new world gained and lost...all at a terrible price.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Regrouping in Taglios, the surviving members of the Black Company are determined to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. Journeying there under terrible conditions, they arrive just in time for a magical conflagration in which the bones of the world will be revealed, the history of the Company unveiled, and new worlds gained and lost . . . all at a terrible price.<P>Wry, tough-minded, brilliantly imagined, and told with enormous flair, Water Sleeps is Glen Cook at the top of his game.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Cook's singular talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge....Highly recommended." --<i>Library Journal</i></p><p>"Compelling...Holds to the...standards of previous volumes." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p><br><br><p> Cook's singular talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge....Highly recommended. <i>Library Journal</i></p><p> Compelling...Holds to the...standards of previous volumes. <i>Publishers Weekly</i></p>"<br><br><P> Cook's singular talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge....Highly recommended. "Library Journal"<P> Compelling...Holds to the...standards of previous volumes. "Publishers Weekly""<br><br>"Cook's singular talent for combining gritty realism and high fantasy provides a singular edge....Highly recommended."--"Library Journal "<BR><BR>"Compelling...Holds to the...standards of previous volumes."--"Publishers Weekly"<BR><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Born in 1944, <b>Glen Cook </b>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 workshop SF writers. Since 1971 he has published a large number of SF and fantasy novels, including the Dread Empire series, the occult-detective Garrett novels, and the very popular Black Company sequence that began with the publication of <i>The Black Company</i> in 1984. Among his SF novels is <i>A Passage at Arms.</i> <p/>After working many years for General Motors, Cook now writes full-time. He lives near St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Carol.</p>
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