
“Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.”
Source: Shadow Games
Shadow Games is the fourth 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.
“Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.”
Source: Shadow Games
““Truth is a deadly weapon,” Lady said.
“Which is why priests and princes dread it,” I said.”
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 25, “Taglios: Scouting Southward” (p. 127)
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 11, “A March into Yesteryear” (p. 54)
“Never underestimate the power of human ingratitude.”
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 30, “Taglios Aroused” (p. 156)
“I began to back away.
This is how I handle my women. Duck for cover when they get distressed.”
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 5, “Chains of Empire” (p. 31)
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 38, “Invaders of the Shadowlands” (p. 194)
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 31, “Taglios: a Boot-Camp City” (p. 165)