List of works by Glen Cook

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List of complete works by American fantasy fiction author Glen Cook.

Contents

The Black Company

The epic fantasy series features a band of mercenaries known as the Black Company.

  1. The Black Company (May 1984)
  2. Shadows Linger (October 1984)
  3. The White Rose (April 1985)
  1. Port of Shadows (September 2018). Set between The Black Company and Shadows Linger
  2. The Silver Spike (September 1989). Takes place concurrently with Shadow Games
  1. Shadow Games (June 1989)
  2. Dreams of Steel (April 1990)
  1. Bleak Seasons (April 1996)
  2. She Is the Darkness (September 1997)
  3. Water Sleeps (March 1999)
  4. Soldiers Live (July 2000)
  1. A Pitiless Rain (TBA) [1]
  1. Annals of the Black Company (collects The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose)
  2. The Black Company Goes South (collects The Silver Spike, Shadow Games, and Dreams of Steel)
  3. The Black Company: Glittering Stone I (collects Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness)
  4. The Black Company: Glittering Stone II (collects Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)
  1. The Chronicles of The Black Company (collects The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose) (November 2007)
  2. The Books of the South (collects Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike) (June 2008)
  3. The Return of The Black Company (collects Bleak Seasons, and She Is the Darkness) (September 2009)
  4. The Many Deaths of the Black Company (collects Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live) (January 2010)
  1. "Raker"—appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (August 1982). This was a pre-publication excerpt of chapter 3 from The Black Company, with slight editing differences to make it stand alone as a short story.
  2. "Tides Elba"—appeared in Swords & Dark Magic edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders, published by Eos (2010). This is also chapter 3 of Port of Shadows.
  3. "Smelling Danger: A Black Company Story"—appeared in the Subterranean Press anthology, Tales of Dark Fantasy 2, edited by William Schafer (2011). This is also chapter 6 of Port of Shadows.
  4. "Shaggy Dog Bridge"—appeared in Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy edited by Jonathan Strahan, published by Solaris (2013)
  5. "Bone Candy"—appeared in Shattered Shields edited by Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt, published by Baen (2014). This is also chapter 9 of Port of Shadows.
  6. "Bone Eaters"—appeared in Operation Arcana edited by John Joseph Adams, published by Baen (2015)
  7. "Chasing Midnight"—appeared in The Best of Glen Cook: 18 Stories from the Author of The Black Company and The Dread Empire, published by Night Shade Books (2019)
  8. "Cranky Bitch"—appeared in Songs of Valor edited by Chris Kennedy & Rob Howell, published by New Mythology Press (2021)

Garrett P.I.

The fantasy and mystery series features Garrett, a freelance private investigator in a world where magic works all too well, and where humans co-exist uneasily with numerous other intelligent species and halfbreeds.

  1. Sweet Silver Blues (1987)
  2. Bitter Gold Hearts (1988)
  3. Cold Copper Tears (1988)
  4. Old Tin Sorrows (1989)
  5. Dread Brass Shadows (1990)
  6. Red Iron Nights (1991)
  7. Deadly Quicksilver Lies (1994)
  8. Petty Pewter Gods (1995)
  9. Faded Steel Heat (1999)
  10. Angry Lead Skies (2002)
  11. Whispering Nickel Idols (2005)
  12. Cruel Zinc Melodies (2008)
  13. Gilded Latten Bones (2010)
  14. Wicked Bronze Ambition (2013)
  1. The Garrett Files (collects Sweet Silver Blues, Bitter Gold Hearts, and Cold Copper Tears; 2003)
  2. Garrett, P.I. (collects Old Tin Sorrows, Dread Brass Shadows, and Red Iron Nights; 2003)
  3. Garrett Investigates (collects Deadly Quicksilver Lies, Petty Pewter Gods, and Faded Steel Heat; 2004)
  4. Garrett on the Case (collects Angry Lead Skies, Whispering Nickel Idols; 2005)
  1. Introducing Garrett, P.I. (collects Sweet Silver Blues, Bitter Gold Hearts, and Cold Copper Tears; 2011)
  2. Garrett Takes the Case (collects Old Tin Sorrows, Dread Brass Shadows, and Red Iron Nights; 2012)
  3. Garrett for Hire (collects Deadly Quicksilver Lies, Petty Pewter Gods, and Faded Steel Heat; 2013)
  1. "Shadow Thieves"—appeared in Down These Strange Streets (2011)

Dread Empire

Replaces The Wrath of Kings, whose manuscript was stolen, and also encompasses plot from three more titles Cook had originally planned for the main sequence. Cook speaks extensively of this in the citation interview: [2]

Instrumentalities of the Night

Epic fantasy in a reinterpreted version of 13th century Europe and Western Asia.

  1. The Tyranny of the Night (2005)
  2. Lord of the Silent Kingdom (2007)
  3. Surrender to the Will of the Night (2010)
  4. Working God's Mischief (March 2014)

Starfishers

Starfishers is a science fiction series drawing on elements of Norse mythology, and in the case of Passage at Arms, World War II submarine warfare.

  1. Shadowline (1982)
  2. Starfishers (1982)
  3. Star's End (1982)
  1. Passage at Arms (1985)
  1. "And Dragons in the Sky"—appeared in Clarion II (June 1972). Later expanded and rewritten as the novel Starfishers.
  2. "Sunrise"—appeared in Eternity SF (1973)
  3. "In the Wind"—appeared in Tomorrow Today (1975) and Space Dogfights (1992)
  4. "The Recruiter"—appeared in Amazing Stories (March 1977)
  5. "Quiet Sea"—appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (December 1978)

Darkwar

Marika, a meth pup growing up in a matriarchal tribal society, loses her mother and nearly all of her pack in an attack by nomads, driven southwards by a severe winter and led by a rogue male. She is taken in by the silth, meth females who rule the world with their mental powers, because they have detected in her the talent to become a powerful silth herself. As she grows and develops, she proceeds to shake meth society to its very roots.

  1. Doomstalker (1985)
  2. Warlock (1985)
  3. Ceremony (1986)
  1. "Darkwar"—appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (December 1982)

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Standalone short stories

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References

  1. "Strange Horizons Interview". Archived from the original on May 14, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2006.
  2. "MileHiCon 43 - Glen Cook Interview". Archived from the original on 2013-09-19. Retrieved Nov 2, 2011.