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Libri Valoris #3
Keen Edge of Valor
Fourteen Tremendous Authors. Fourteen Extraordinary Stories. One Amazing Anthology.
An ancient spear of legend warded by a torturer.
Swords that define families, for good and ill.
Magic too powerful not to use, but too dangerous to keep.
It’s all here, along with dragons, ogres, and gods both old and new. These fourteen great stories continue universes you know and love, including Glen Cook’s Black Company, Jon R. Osborne’s Milesian Accords, and D.J. Butler’s Tales of Indrajit & Fix. And there are fresh new voices bringing worlds you’re going to love.
Turn the page and read of valorous deeds and the keen edge of steel, shining in battle.
An ancient spear of legend warded by a torturer.
Swords that define families, for good and ill.
Magic too powerful not to use, but too dangerous to keep.
It’s all here, along with dragons, ogres, and gods both old and new. These fourteen great stories continue universes you know and love, including Glen Cook’s Black Company, Jon R. Osborne’s Milesian Accords, and D.J. Butler’s Tales of Indrajit & Fix. And there are fresh new voices bringing worlds you’re going to love.
Turn the page and read of valorous deeds and the keen edge of steel, shining in battle.
- GenresFantasy
509 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 22, 2022
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About the author
Rob Howell
51 books28 followersRob Howell is the best-selling creator of the Shijuren fantasy setting and an author in the Four Horsemen Universe. He writes primarily high fantasy, space opera, military science fiction, and alternate history, usually with mystery mixed into it all.
He is a reformed medieval academic, a former IT professional, and a retired soda jerk.
His parents discovered quickly books were the only way to keep Rob quiet. Without books, it’s unlikely all three would have survived.
You can find him online at: www.robhowell.org, on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00X95LBB0, and his blog at www.robhowell.org/blog.
He is a reformed medieval academic, a former IT professional, and a retired soda jerk.
His parents discovered quickly books were the only way to keep Rob quiet. Without books, it’s unlikely all three would have survived.
You can find him online at: www.robhowell.org, on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00X95LBB0, and his blog at www.robhowell.org/blog.
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December 12, 2024
“Letha of the Thousand Sorrows” by Glen Cook.
Rating breakdown:
✔ My Croakie, Darling and most of the Black Company Old Timers on the run from the Lady (as opposed to Lady 😬) ➡ +8 stars
✔ Batshit-crazy Taken flying their carpets like the homicidal maniacs that they are ➡ +4 stars
✘ Not a single game of tonk played at any point in the story ➡ -2 stars
✘ The sex-hungry homunculi nonsense ➡ -7 stars
↪ Final rating: 3 stars and stuff.
To say that Glen Cook's recentobsession with interest in sex is slightly discombobulating might be the understatement of the last two centuries. I mean, the man rarely ever mentions the topic in his books and the closest he ever came to writing a sex scene was probably in The Silver Spike:
Anyhoo and stuff, I'm still glad I read this short. Because there is just nothing like this series. And this world. And my Croakie. And One-Eye. And Goblin. And Silent. And Darling. And Elmo. And Otto. And Hagop. And the Lieutenant. And, and, and...
Pretty much, yes.
P.S. The events in this short story take place after those in Shadows Linger. FYI and stuff.
· Book 1: The Black Company ★★★★★
·Book 1.5: Port of Shadows ★ ← I have no idea where this book came from, or what it's about. Pretty sure I never read it.
· Book 2: Shadows Linger ★★★★★
· Book 2.2 (short story): Shaggy Dog Bridge ★★★★★
· Book 2.3 (short story): Bone Eaters ★★★★★
· Book 3: The White Rose ★★★★★
· Book 3.5: The Silver Spike ★★★★
· Book 4: Shadow Games ★★★★★
· Book 5: Dreams of Steel ★★★★★
· Book 6: Bleak Seasons ★★★★★
· Book 7: She Is The Darkness ★★★★★
· Book 8: Water Sleeps ★★★★★
· Book 9: Soldiers Live ★★★★★
· Book 10: Lies Weeping · Expected publication Nov. 4, 2025
[Pre-two-line review nonsense]
Meh and stuff. Two-line review to come and stuff. (I bet the anticipation is killing you and stuff.)
[March 2022]
There is a NEW Black Company story in this collection. There is a NEW Black Company story in this collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating breakdown:
✔ My Croakie, Darling and most of the Black Company Old Timers on the run from the Lady (as opposed to Lady 😬) ➡ +8 stars
✔ Batshit-crazy Taken flying their carpets like the homicidal maniacs that they are ➡ +4 stars
✘ Not a single game of tonk played at any point in the story ➡ -2 stars
✘ The sex-hungry homunculi nonsense ➡ -7 stars
↪ Final rating: 3 stars and stuff.
To say that Glen Cook's recent
“Somehow we ended up doing what men and women seem unable to avoid.”In other words, Cook might be the Father of Grimdark but he sure isn't the Father of Smut (which might be the understatement of the last four centuries). So to have the man basically use sex as a plot device is awkward as fish. Not to mention weird. Really weird. And completely out of character. Also, if I wanted to read about most of my favorite Black Company characters acting like a bunch of horny teenagers, I'd read Black Company smut fanfic. If there is such a thing. I sure hope there isn't.
Anyhoo and stuff, I'm still glad I read this short. Because there is just nothing like this series. And this world. And my Croakie. And One-Eye. And Goblin. And Silent. And Darling. And Elmo. And Otto. And Hagop. And the Lieutenant. And, and, and...
Pretty much, yes.
P.S. The events in this short story take place after those in Shadows Linger. FYI and stuff.
· Book 1: The Black Company ★★★★★
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· Book 2: Shadows Linger ★★★★★
· Book 2.2 (short story): Shaggy Dog Bridge ★★★★★
· Book 2.3 (short story): Bone Eaters ★★★★★
· Book 3: The White Rose ★★★★★
· Book 3.5: The Silver Spike ★★★★
· Book 4: Shadow Games ★★★★★
· Book 5: Dreams of Steel ★★★★★
· Book 6: Bleak Seasons ★★★★★
· Book 7: She Is The Darkness ★★★★★
· Book 8: Water Sleeps ★★★★★
· Book 9: Soldiers Live ★★★★★
· Book 10: Lies Weeping · Expected publication Nov. 4, 2025
[Pre-two-line review nonsense]
Meh and stuff. Two-line review to come and stuff. (I bet the anticipation is killing you and stuff.)
[March 2022]
There is a NEW Black Company story in this collection. There is a NEW Black Company story in this collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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