Words don’t do these novels justice.” - The Ostentatious Ogre on A Cruel Wind “Glen Cook is the author of some of my hands-down favorite books. On more than one occasion I found chills running down my spine. Glen Cook’s writing is a great flood that washes fantasy tropes and cliché’s away and in their place we are given three novels that make us reflect on what it means to be human. Cook is a brilliant writer.” - The Green Man Review, on A Fortress in Shadow “ One of the defining fantasy series ever written. The sense of place that permeates his narrative and characters gives his ‘fantasies’ more gravitas and grit than most fictions set in the here-and-now.” - New York Times bestselling author Jeff VanderMeer “ A master realist of the imagination.” - Locus “ Glen writes a mean book.” -Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files “These books, like so many of Cook’s series, are epic in scale but intimate in focus. His work is unrelentingly real, complex, and honest. Reading his stuff is like reading Vietnam War fiction on Peyote.” -Steven Erikson, author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series “Over the past 25 years, Cook has carved out a place for himself among the preeminent fantasy writers of his generation.

Praise for Glen Cook “ Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy-something a lot of people didn’t notice, and maybe still don’t. With works set in all of his most famous series, these tales of science fiction and fantasy offer both the perfect way for longtime fans to trace Cook’s history and for new readers to become familiar with one of the finest genre authors of the twentieth century. The Best of Glen Cook collects eighteen of his greatest stories-as chosen and introduced by the author himself-including a new, never-before-published Black Company novelette. Through classic series such as The Black Company, Garrett P.I., the Dread Empire, Starfishers, Darkwar, and more, his gritty, down-to-earth style left an indelible impression on his readers around the world, forever shifting the genre landscape and carving out his place as a pioneering icon.

For over forty years, Glen Cook has been among the most well-known, influential, and widely respected authors in science fiction and fantasy. The best short fiction of legendary author Glen Cook (The Black Company, the Dread Empire) is collected into a new paperback volume.

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