“Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.”
Glen Cook book Shadow Games
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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.
““Truth is a deadly weapon,” Lady said.
“Which is why priests and princes dread it,” I said.”
Glen Cook book Shadow Games
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 25, “Taglios: Scouting Southward” (p. 127)
Glen Cook book Shadow Games
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 11, “A March into Yesteryear” (p. 54)
“Never underestimate the power of human ingratitude.”
Glen Cook book Shadow Games
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.”
Glen Cook book Shadow Games
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 5, “Chains of Empire” (p. 31)
Glen Cook book Shadow Games
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 38, “Invaders of the Shadowlands” (p. 194)
Glen Cook book Shadow Games
Source: Shadow Games (1989), Chapter 31, “Taglios: a Boot-Camp City” (p. 165)
