Novels The Books of the North •
The Black Company: May 1984 •
Shadows Linger: October 1984 •
The White Rose: April 1985
Spin-off •
The Silver Spike: September 1989 (set after
The Books of the North, featuring characters who did not head south)
The Books of the South •
Shadow Games: June 1989 •
Dreams of Steel: April 1990
The Books of Glittering Stone •
Bleak Seasons: April 1996 •
She Is the Darkness: September 1997 •
Water Sleeps: March 1999 •
Soldiers Live: July 2000
Interquel •
Port of Shadows: September 2018 (a "lost history" set between
The Black Company and
Shadows Linger)
A Pitiless Rain •
Lies Weeping: November 2025 •
They Cry: November 2026 •
Summer Grass: TBD •
Darkness Knows: TBD •
5th Untitled Volume: TBD
Omnibus editions Science Fiction Book Club hardcover omnibus editions •
Annals of the Black Company (collects
The Black Company,
Shadows Linger, and
The White Rose) •
The Black Company Goes South (collects
The Silver Spike,
Shadow Games, and
Dreams of Steel) •
The Black Company: Glittering Stone I (collects
Bleak Seasons and
She Is the Darkness) •
The Black Company: Glittering Stone II (collects
Water Sleeps and
Soldiers Live)
Tor Fiction softcover omnibus editions •
The Chronicles of The Black Company (collects
The Black Company,
Shadows Linger, and
The White Rose) (November 2007) •
The Books of the South (collects
Shadow Games,
Dreams of Steel, and
The Silver Spike) (June 2008) •
The Return of The Black Company (collects
Bleak Seasons, and
She Is The Darkness) (September 2009) •
The Many Deaths of The Black Company (collects
Water Sleeps, and
Soldiers Live) (January 2010)
Short stories On the Long Run The short stories of the
On the Long Run arc all take place within the first four years of the six-year gap between
Shadows Linger and
The White Rose. They are published out-of-order, as the most recently published stories occur before the earlier three. • "Shaggy Dog Bridge"—appeared in
Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy, edited by
Jonathan Strahan, published by
Solaris (2013) • "Bone Eaters"—appeared in
Operation Arcana, edited by John Joseph Adams, published by Baen (2015) • "Chasing Midnight"—appeared in
The Best of Glen Cook, published by Night Shade (2019) • "Cranky Bitch"—appeared in
Songs of Valor, published by New Mythology Press (2021) • "Leta of the Thousand Sorrows"—appeared in
Keen Edge of Valor, published by New Mythology Press (2022) • "Wet Dream Fish Story"—appeared in
Bonds of Valor, published by New Mythology Press (2023) • "Those Who Went Before"—appeared in
Paladins of Valor, published by New Mythology Press (2024) "Shaggy Dog Bridge" and "Bone Eaters" were republished in
The Best of Glen Cook, where "Chasing Midnight" first appeared.
Pre-pub novel excerpts Four other short stories were published but later reappeared as chapters within subsequent novels: • "Raker"—appeared in the
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (August 1982). This was a pre-publication excerpt of chapter three from
The Black Company, with slight editing differences to make it stand alone as a short story. • "Tides Elba"—appeared in
Swords & Dark Magic, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders, published by Eos (2010). • "Smelling Danger: A Black Company Story"—appeared in the
Subterranean Press anthology
Tales of Dark Fantasy 2, edited by William Schafer (2011). • "Bone Candy"—appeared in
Shattered Shields, edited by
Jennifer Brozek and
Bryan Thomas Schmidt, published by Baen (2014). "Tides Elba", "Smelling Danger", and "Bone Candy" were collected and reworked into the novel
Port of Shadows. == Plot summary==