The Black Company by Glen Cook is the first novel in the acclaimed Black Company dark fantasy series, following an elite mercenary company whose members find themselves serving powerful and morally ambiguous forces in a brutal world of warfare, sorcery and shifting loyalties. Told through the annals of Croaker, the Company’s physician and chronicler, the novel is noted for its gritty military-fantasy perspective and complex treatment of good and evil.Edition: Tor mass-market paperback. The copyright page states First edition: May 1984. This copy carries ISBN 0-812-52139-0 / 9780812521399.Condition: Near Fine. A very attractive secondhand copy with only light signs of handling and shelf wear.