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A review by snowcrash
Port of Shadows by Glen Cook
3.0
When ever I come across a Black Company book at the library, I take a look at the blurb to see what they are up to. I read the first three books more than 20 years ago & still have them in my bookcase. I enjoyed the P.I. Garrett books until he jumped the shark (really, gray skinned aliens). His fantasy had a way of appealing to this mainly science fiction fan (read all of his sci-fi too). But I never got around to reading through the remaining chronicles of the Black Company. Then I saw that this book was meant at a 1.5. That caught my interest.
It was nice to slip back into the comfortable world of Croaker and the Company. It took a bit to remember who was who, but the author made that fairly easy. It was enjoyable until about 2/3 of the way through, as the events in the current time became fuzzy. There was a lot of hand waving at the end, as if details became less and less desirable at the end. The same with why this story is not mentioned in the original annals.
The premise of the book excellent and most of the execution pretty good. While the ending feels empty, it has piqued my interest in checking out the next set of books in the series, or even starting over at the beginning. The big question would be how to fit it in between all of the other books in my on-deck circle.
It was nice to slip back into the comfortable world of Croaker and the Company. It took a bit to remember who was who, but the author made that fairly easy. It was enjoyable until about 2/3 of the way through, as the events in the current time became fuzzy. There was a lot of hand waving at the end, as if details became less and less desirable at the end. The same with why this story is not mentioned in the original annals.
The premise of the book excellent and most of the execution pretty good. While the ending feels empty, it has piqued my interest in checking out the next set of books in the series, or even starting over at the beginning. The big question would be how to fit it in between all of the other books in my on-deck circle.