The Many Deaths of the Black Company

"LetmetellyouwhoIam,onthechancethatthesescribblingsdosurvive...."IamMurgen,StandardbeareroftheBlackCompany,thoughIbeartheshameofhavinglostthatstandardinbattle.IamkeepingtheseAnnalsbecauseCroakerisdead,One-Eyewon't,andhardlyanyoneelsecanreadorwrite.IwillbeyourguideforhoweverlongittakestheShadowlanderstoforceourpresentpredicamenttoitsinevitableend...."Thisomnibusvolumecomprisesthenovels"WaterSleeps"and"SoldiersLive."