SUMMARY: Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for theBlack Companyto find her... Glen Cook was born in 1944 and began writing SF in 1967. He published his first novel,The Heirs of Babylon, in 1972. His many other books includeAn Ill Fate Marshalling,Reap the East Wind,The Swordbearer,The Tower of Fear, and the popularBlack Companyseries of novels. Here is the first installment in Cook's popularBlack Companyseries of fantasy novels. Some feel that the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel that she is evil itself. The hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. That is, until they hear the prophecy:The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. Could there be a waysomehow, sometimefor the Black Company to find her?
