7th Station ~TV, movies, games~

[Celedam]

Today I learned there's not only a new Dresden Files book (the first in five years, with a corresponding in-story time jump), there's also a new Black Company book (the first in 25 years, not counting Port of Shadows which is a side-story set much earlier in the series).

I'm not sure how I feel about the latter. I liked how the series ended in Soldiers Live since it was always Croaker's story, both figuratively and literally. (Get it? Because Croaker was the Company's Annalist? Haw!)

[Zunu]

Never heard of Black Company, but I've read the entire Dresden Files series, so good to know!

[Celedam]

Never heard of Black Company

The elevator pitch: "A legendary mercenary company are hired by the evil empire to do what they do, and what they do isn't very nice. They're not evil themselves, they're professional, in a world where that is rare. This sets off a chain of events that spans continents and generations."

And yet somehow, at its heart, it's a story about family. Complete with crazy, bickering uncles and that one brother who talks little but says a lot.